Two of the three Supreme Judicial Council (VSS) magistrates, whose names came up as people, who have possibly been involved in an alleged corruption scheme, announced they are resigning from their positions.

Stoyko Stoev and Ivan Dimov said they were submitting resignations during the meeting of the VSS Ethical Committee Thursday. The Committee was convened to decide on how to sanction their three colleagues, who are said to have connections with the man known as “Krasio from Pleven.” The latter is an an individual who, allegedly, offered magistrates to secure their appointment to high ranking positions through the vote of the VSS in exchange for EUR 200 000 in cash.

Stoev announced his resignation before he even had the opportunity to hear the Ethical Commission's discussion saying he did not want to smear further the judicial system. He asked the media to stop publishing unconfirmed information and promised to give interviews to all after he has had the opportunity to voice his personal decision.

Ivan Dimov followed in his colleague's footsteps and also resigned Thursday.

The third magistrate, whose name was revealed as having Krasio's number on his phone log, Plamen Stoilov, did not attend the meeting. He is on leave while the probe is going on per his own request. Stoilov is, however, said to have had only one 5-second-long phone call from Krasio.

Krasio has been identified as Krasimir Georgiev, 27, from the northern city of Pleven, where he has a share in the disco bar “Anaconda,” a girlfriend, who is pop folk singer, and is described as a “dark skinned man wearing many gold chains and using luxury cars and a driver.”

A month ago, Georgiev was charged with perjury over telling interrogators he never knew any magistrates.

The scandal first emerged in June when the VSS member, Ivan Kolev, revealed that a “dark skinned man from the city of Pleven” had been offering magistrates to secure the vote of VSS for high ranking appointments in exchange of EUR 200 000.

It was also revealed recently that Krasimir Georgiev worked in 2005 for the election campaign of the party of former Tsar, Simeon Saxe-Coburg, National Movement for Stability and Prosperity, (NMSP), in the city of Pleven.

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