Ministeries asked about 200,000 bitcoins, while Bulgaria examines crypto payments -
Ministeries asked about 200,000 bitcoins, while Bulgaria examines crypto payments -
The recently elected Bulgarian government is able to answer questions about the fate of cryptocurrencies worth several billion dollars, which were reportedly confiscated by the country's prosecution authorities five years ago. Meanwhile, the new finance minister has announced that the authorities in Sofia are now examining options for implementing a crypto payment mechanism.
Ministry of Finance of Bulgaria has no information about alleged Bitcoin Stash
In May 2017, the Southeast European Law Enforcement Center (Selec) that the Bulgarian authorities announced the amazing amount of cryptopia had captured in Bitcoin money exchanges that the suspects belonged, the subject of a joint examination of cybercrime in several countries in the Balkans. The operation with the code name "Pratka/Virus" dismantled a plan that should compromise the computer systems of customs for the purpose of tax evasion.
The information about the confiscated crypto -strained was later denied by the head of the specialized public prosecutor, IVAN GEHEV, who now functions as General Prosecutor Bulgaria, who attributed the wrong claim to Selec. His statement was also supported by Ivailo Spiridonov, the then director of the state authority to combat organized crime, GDBOP.
In mid-January of this year, local media reported that the Kraken Bulgaria, based in the USA, performed Bulgaria in their “2021’s Crypto-in review: Going Mainstream” as the nation with the greatest cryptocurrency participation. test report . However, the country does not appear in the ranking, which is published with the current version of the document on the Kraken website. While the press release from Selec mentions a price of $ 2,354 Pro Bitcoin Prices are worth around $ 7.7 billion.
This week, Club Z reported that he had asked the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of the Interior for details about the case. The publication has so far only received one response from the Ministry of Finance, which said that "it has no information about Bitcoins that were confiscated in favor of the state".
The department added that Finance Minister Asen Vasilev had instructed the national income authority and the national customs authority to carry out controls. In a letter that the department received last August, a deputy attorney in general confirmed that the special prosecutor's office did not confiscate the amount of cryptocurrency.
The Bulgarian government is considering crypto payments in discussions with the central bank and the industry
Vasilev, who was then the Interim Minister at the time, is now finance minister in Bulgaria's new coalition government, which is conducted by the “We Continue the Change”, which he co -founded. In a recent Interview with Bloomberg, in which he said that the EU member state intended to join the euro zone on January 1, 2024, Vasilev revealed that the executive in Sofia also examines options to facilitate cryptocurrency payments.
A crypto payment mechanism can be introduced "short to medium term", the government official added. Vasilev, who also acts as deputy prime minister, found that the cabinet will now discuss the matter with the Bulgarian National Bank and actors of the crypto industry. At the same time, he excluded the possibility that Bulgaria will become a center for crypto mining.
Another request to clarify the fate of the alleged Bitcoin hill in the country, was provided by Ivaylo Mirchev, a MP of the coalition "Democratic Bulgaria", which is also part of the governing majority. Mirchev asked the Interior Minister Boyko Rashkov a number of questions, including the exact amount of seized bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. He wants to know how they are kept and whether Bulgarian authorities have access to the wallets. The deputy also asks the Ministry of Electronic Administration for answers.
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