Bulgaria Ex Top Taxwoman Enters Court

The former Director of the National Revenue Agency (NRA), Maria Murgina, is charged with criminal breach of trust. Photo by BGNES

Sofia City Court will give the go-ahead on Tuesday to a trial against the former Director of the Bulgarian National Revenue Agency (NRA), Maria Murgina.

Murgina is charged on four counts – two for criminal breach of trust, one for putting employees under duress and one for a false property declaration.

In April – June 2006, the former NRA Director had used her position to give illegal directions to two NRI high-ranking employees thus commuting breach of trust. The duress charge stems from Murgina, allegedly, forcing the Director of the Regional NRI Office in the Danube city of Silistra to resign. The 4th charge comes over false data in her declaration submitted with the National Audit Office.

The probe against Murgina was launched in February 2009, after the State Agency for National Security (DANS) stripped the former NRA Director of her right to access classified information and amidst mounting accusations of huge organized draining of Value Added Tax (VAT) and political cover-up.

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