Busted Bulgarian Topshot Moved to Prison Hospital

Crime | April 24, 2010, Saturday // 17:00|  views

Borislav Gutsanov has repeatedly said that they trial against him is political. Photo by Dariknews. net

Borislav Gutsanov, chair of Varna municipal council and top member of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, who was arrested earlier in April in a high-profile police raid, has been moved to the prison hospital in Sofia.

The news comes two weeks after Gutsanov was listed in the city's “St. Anna” hospital with what is said to be a serious case of pneumonia. According to Gutsanov's attorney his client's health declined in the last few days and has requested a medical exam.

Earlier in April Varna Appellate Court ruled that he stays behind bars, saying the evidence provided by prosecutors, who accuse Gutsanov of leading a criminal group in the period 2003-2007, is solid enough and he should remain in detention.

Gutsanov has repeatedly said that they trial against him is political. He has denied to have had business operations with Daniel Slavov aka Dido Dunkata, who is suspected of organizing contraband cigarette channels in the Varna area and was arrested during the same police operation codenamed “Jellyfish”. Slavov is also behind bars.

The detainees have allegedly abused taxpayers’ money, namely for deals to purchase second-hand buses which were later sold to Varna's public transportation at much higher prices.

Borislav Gutsanov was arrested alongside the Director of the Varna municipality ‘autotransport’ department, Pencho Penchev and Yana Krusteva, the department’s Chief Accountant, on May 31.

Businessman Daniel Slavov aka Dido Dunkata was also taken into custody after being arrested in his own Hotel 'Capitol'.

The arrests came on allegations of a number of crimes, including the masterminding of a crime gang, including high-ranking officials, embezzlement and malfeasance in office, forging of documents.

Borislav Gutsanov has been a member of the Executive Board of the National Council of the BSP since November 2009, on which he is responsible for local government and regional policy. He was top of the BSP list during the municipal council elections in 2007 and was soon elected as Chair of the Varna municipality council. During the 2009 general elections Gutsanov was second on the BSP list for the Varna region behind party leader and ex PM Sergey Stanishev.

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