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Gen Kircho Kirov, a former director of Bulgaria's National Intelligence Agency. Photo by BGNES
A Bulgarian court has sentenced former intelligence head Gen Kircho Kirov to ten years of imprisonment after finding him guilty of embezzlement, the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) reported.
Half of Gen Kirov's assets will be confiscated, the Military Disctrict Court has also ruled.
Gen Kirov was accused a few years ago of misappropriating public funds worth nearly BGN 5 M over a period of five years, between 2007 and 2011.
He headed the National Intelligence Service (NIS) from 2002 to 2012.
Friday's sentence is the minimum that the Criminal Code of Bulgaria envisages for the offense (the maximum being 20 years).
The former intelligence head was indicted in 2013.
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