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The Prosecutor's Office gave the media more information about the extradition of a Bulgarian citizen at the request of the United States.

"During the day, a letter was received from the US Department of Justice thanking them for working with the Bulgarian prosecutor's office.

The citizen is a female with the initials I.D., it was handed over on March 20 by employees of DG "Security" under the Ministry of Justice to authorized representatives of the USA at Sofia Airport.

There is information that the Bulgarian citizen has already arrived in the States," they inform.

"The extradition is requested in connection with crimes of participation in an organized criminal group for the purpose of fraud and money laundering.

This is an accomplice in the possible criminal activity of the so-called crypto queen Ruzha Ignatova," they added.

It became clear that there is no investigation in the SGP regarding the allegations that there are companies in Bulgaria through which funds related to the fraud passed.

It is conducted only on the territory of the USA, because that is where the crime was committed.

TV and radio messages have been sent from the US territory that if you invest in this cryptocurrency Onecoin, there will be great returns.

They extradited to the USA a Bulgarian woman - head of a department in Ruzha Ignatova's scheme

They also announced that there was no delay in the implementation either by the prosecution or by the court.

"With the letter from the USA, they are asking for information about the exact time that the person spent in detention, so that they can later deduct this time from the sentence.

She was also under house arrest at one time.

The extradition request was received in March 2021, an arrest warrant was issued in the Southern District of New York, a red notice was issued, and on June 8, 2021, the person was taken into custody in Sofia," they added.

"In light of the many inquiries regarding the Pollack painting, we are taking this opportunity to provide more information on the case.

The investigation was taken over by the SGP.

It has been worked on information that an illegal sale of this painting is being organized.

She has been seized.

At the moment, it is kept under the appropriate conditions and with the necessary security," announced the spokesperson of the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office, Desislava Petrova.

"Experts from the National Art Gallery have said that the painting corresponds to the characteristics of the artist.

Fluorescence analysis shows that the pigments in it are similar to those used by Pollack in other works.

An inscription in English on the back of the painting dedicates the painting to a young movie star: "Dedicated to my very talented and dear friend Lauren Bacall. Happy birthday. September 16, 1949."

Instructions have been given to the supervising prosecutor, additional expertise will be appointed," she added.

The Jackson Pollock painting discovered in our country is an original, according to initial examinations

There is no evidence that this painting has been cataloged, she further explained and added: "It is yet to be established whether the painting is related to Romania, after suspicions that it belonged to Ceausescu.

There is only one Bulgarian citizen detained in our country.

He did not know whether the painting was authentic or not, he claimed.

He kept the painting, he does not claim to have owned it.

The picture was not wanted.'

extradition of a Bulgarian

Ruja Ignatova

prosecutor's office