Bulgaria Ex-Kremikovtzi CEO Vows to Sue Ex-Economy Minister

Tomov, who is the ex-Director of CSKA Sofia football club, and ex-CEO of the Kremikovtzi steel mill, is indicted for document fraud and embezzlement of over EUR 5 M from CSKA and BGN 29 M from the mill. Photo by BGNES

The notorious ex-President of the Bulgarian CSKA Football Club, Alexander Tomov, is filing official charges against former Economy Minister, Petar Dimitrov.

Tomov, who is also the former CEO of Bulgaria's troubled and now closed steel mill Kremikotzi, made the declaration for the media Thursday upon arrival at the Sofia District Court where he is tried for document fraud and embezzlement of over EUR 5 M from CSKA and BGN 29 M from the mill.

Tomov says he had accused Dimitrov of misleading the Chief Prosecutor on numerous occasions and has a letter signed by the former Economy Minister, proving he lied about Kremikovtzi’s state.

When asked if busted former secret agent of the National Agency for State Security, DANS, Aleksei Petrov, was the reason for his indictment, Tomov said Petrov is without any doubt involved because he had huge business interests in the steel mill. Tomov further informed he had not been summoned as a witness in Petrov’s trial, but is prepared to take the witness stand if needed.

The ex-CEO revealed he had received numerous death threats after dismissing the Kremikovtzi security guards who have been connected to Petrov.

Tomov insists the mill’s bankruptcy is the result of an official scenario prepared and carried out by people and businesses close to the Bulgarian Socialist Party BSP, including high-ranking political figures.

In mid-October, Tomov launched a campaign against the BSP leader and former Prime Minister, Sergey Stanishev. He said then he has a videotape showing how the former PM issued a verbal order to the State Agency for National Security (DANS) to probe the football club, something Tomov says is illegal.

The probe, according to Tomov, concluded with a report which clearly proved there weren't any violations of the law in the club and there certainly wasn't anything that could present a threat to national security.

According to the former CEO, Stanishev and the circle around him attempted to use the same schemes to take over Kremikovtzi as they did with CSKA and that both the mill's and the club's financial troubles were staged and Kremikovtzi was forced into bankruptcy.

If proven guilty, Tomov and the other three defendants face between 10 and 20 years behind bars.

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