The prosecutor's office in Vidin is conducting an investigation into illegal banking activity carried out by an organized criminal group, the prosecution announced.
The pre-trial proceedings were initiated in January 2022 by a decree of the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for illegal activity carried out by an
organized criminal group
created for profit.
After the closure of the specialized structures, the case was accepted by the District Prosecutor's Office.
In the course of the investigation, evidence was gathered that from 2015 to the present moment, the structured permanent association was mainly engaged in illegal banking activity on the territory of the district.
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To collect debts, its participants
used extortion, coercion,
and other
dirty methods
against their
debtors
.
In the case, witness interviews were conducted, identifications were carried out, as well as other investigative actions.
The complicity of three people - aged 50, 48 and 37 - in the activities of the organized criminal group was established. The houses they lived in, the yards they used and the adjacent buildings were
searched and seized.
One of the defendants is charged with
extortion.
Evidence was gathered that he forced a person to dispose of a sum of money in the amount of
BGN 2,000 and threatened him.
The three were brought in as accused and
detained for a period of up to 72 hours
.
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