Finance Minister Plamen Oresharski stopped a financial transaction for EUR 9,000 on a motion by the Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA). Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)
Bulgaria's finance minister has suspended a suspicious transfer of EUR 9 000, believed to be connected with a credit card scam.
Minister Plamen Oresharski acted on the advice of the Financial Intelligence Agency.
The agency suspects that a foreign nationals has illegally ordered the transfer of money to the account of an investment intermediary, registered in Bulgaria. The accumulated money were then transferred to the account of the foreign national.
The credit cards' holders were not aware of the transfers.
All materials gathered have been submitted to the prosecutors' office.