Balgarianovinite.com In a police operation, two men were tracked down and detained in the parking lot of a major retail chain, after police in Plovdiv received a tip on Wednesday that two individuals were withdrawing large sums of money from a bank branch in an attempt to influence the upcoming elections, acting General Secretary of the Interior Ministry Georgi Kandev announced in a Facebook post on Thursday.
The cash was found in backpacks. A total of EUR 88,720 was discovered during the search, he added.
Both men have a criminal record and numerous convictions, including for money laundering obtained through criminal means. They have been detained, Kandev said.
He noted that this is not an isolated case. There is evidence that these individuals are linked to a large-scale criminal scheme involving a vast network of people, he added.
“The activities of vote buyers are becoming increasingly large-scale and cynical, but the Interior Ministry will not allow the vote of Bulgarian citizens to be compromised. The state will not give way to vote buyers,” Kandev wrote.
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