Nikolay Filipov investigated in an international criminal group for money laundering. Criminal cases and sanctions from the UK and the USA are pending for him and his group.
Over the past year, the name of Nikolay Filipov (Customsman, Quail) from Burgas has become known for his connection and common business with the murdered Martin Bozhankov - the Notary, and in the last few days his name has become known again in the media after the testimony of the police officer from Burgas Dimitar Nikolov, who at two press conferences in Burgas and the Parliament told how N. Filipov commands the police in Burgas and about his closeness to the Director of the ODP - Burgas Vladimir Marinov. However, it turns out that N. Filipov is involved in much larger and larger corruption schemes. It all starts after 2020 when N. Filipov was arrested and charged with money laundering and tax fraud. A few days after he was released from custody, a transfer of over $2 million to Turkey was seized, which was the reason for foreign services to begin investigating him for his activities and business in Bulgaria and abroad. While in Bulgaria Filipov was working with Martin Notary, several foreign services began to work on him and his smuggling activities and observed how, thanks to Martin Notary, his cases began to be terminated and stopped.
According to information received from our sources from a foreign Embassy, the investigation against Filipov intensified after the start of the war in Ukraine for several reasons. It turns out that N. Filipov is involved in an international criminal group that is involved in smuggling Russian fuel and goods under a sanction regime with the participation of Turkish and Russian citizens. The information we received indicates that N. Filipov is being investigated in the UK together with the Russian Sergey Kirilenko, who is listed as a representative of NAVIBUNKER LP. GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, DEPT. 1351, IST, 211 DUMBRATON ROAD. Sergey Kirilenko was also a partner of N. Filipov in the Bulgarian company Biogroup 2008 from 2016 to 2018. The activity of acquiring petroleum products was carried out in direct violation of international sanctions, US and EU sanctions against the Russian Federation, referring to the sanctions from 2014 and those imposed after the war in Ukraine. In addition to the purchase and sale of fuels, there was also trade in nitrogen fertilizers of Russian origin, which are also part of the sanctions list (because they are dual-purpose and are also used in the military industry). The Russian nitrogen fertilizers are imported into Bulgaria by ARDOR INTERTRADE LP. ,SCOTLAND, Glasgow G11 6AA, Dumbarton Road 211. by providing false documents of origin from Turkey. It turns out that in addition to the import of nitrogen fertilizers and the violation of sanctions, smuggling of Russian fuels is also taking place.
Although N. Filipov is trying to stop the investigation into the smuggling of fuel entering Bulgaria through his close ties with the director of the Burgas police, Vladimir Marinov (there are their photos and investigations on BIRD.bg) by removing all employees involved in the investigation into the seized smuggled fuel at the Port of Burgas and the investigation is currently at a standstill and they are trying to stop it, foreign services have uncovered Filipov's criminal group and network of companies and people involved in the smuggling of Russian fuel. Nikolay Filipov has financially secured, controlled and paid the financial flows from his smuggling activities mainly through STRADON FOREIGN TRADE S.A. with registration number 113 944, Belize City, Belize. The same company has transferred over $100,000,000 (one hundred million dollars) to Lukoil by the beginning of 2023. There are also money transfers from UNITED SHIPING SERVICES LTD. With reg. number 154 629 Belize City ,Belize , AMONIA ENTERPRISES S.A. with reg. number 113 942 Belize City , Belize . In addition to N. Filipov and Russian Sergey Kirilenko, the other participants in the international criminal group are Turkish citizens Ayhan Onal and Sevginar Korkutan . Currently, several investigations are being conducted in Turkey, the USA, and Great Britain on smuggling and violation of sanctions. According to the information of our source, last year there were meetings in several countries of foreign services and witnesses from Bulgaria who testified and confirmed the information, and investigations are being conducted in various directions in different countries. In the US, an investigation is underway for sanctions under the Magnitsky Act due to corruption data, the connection of N. Filipov with Martin Bozhankov - the Notary, the Director of the Burgas Police Vladimir Marinov, Georgi Kostov (former Secretary General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Director of the Customs Agency), and Gergana Bozhanova (the wife of Martin Bozhanov - the Notary, who turns out to be N. Filipov's mistress at the moment) and money laundering from offshore zones, and in Turkey and Great Britain there are criminal cases for money laundering, smuggling and violation of international sanctions. According to information from our source, this investigation in Great Britain was also one of the priorities of the new Ambassador of Great Britain who was soon to begin his mandate in Bulgaria. Great Britain actively participates in all the lists imposed by the US, and they also impose sanctions (for example, when they confirmed the sanctions on the lists under the Magnitsky Act imposed on individuals from Bulgaria). Currently, the British services are working with a particular appetite on investigations in which Bulgarians participate, since the case of 5 Bulgarians who are being tried for espionage in favor of Russia is currently going on in London with incredible revelations, in which the names of very important state figures in Bulgaria are also involved, according to official interviews and information released on the case by the British prosecutor's office.
