Evelin Banev – Brendo caused a federal prosecutor in Switzerland to file a lawsuit against Credit Suisse. The bank should pay a compensation worth 42 million Swiss francs on charges that it allowed Brendo to launder 55 million francs in three years, BNT reported.
This is the period from 2004 to 2007. According to the indictment, during these three years a Bulgarian who has lived in Switzerland since the end of 1989 has deposited a large part of this money in Brendo’s accounts in this bank.
It is documented that the money was mostly in small banknotes and was declared as income from real estate transactions in Bulgaria. It is interesting that in 2004 he went to the bank meetings together with his partner Konstantin Dishliev, who was ostentatiously shot in front of a restaurant in Sofia in 2005.
There is also a charge in the case against a Bulgarian woman who is a former employee of the bank and at that time worked as a banking consultant who served exactly Brendo’s accounts. The investigation itself began in 2008. It lasted a little over 14 years. It is also interesting that in the investigation Brando was mentioned by the nickname “Igor”. According to people familiar with the matter, this is a nickname that Brando used in his Ukrainian connections, which were part of the channels for cocaine trafficking from Latin America to Europe.
The Swiss media wrote about this investigation at the end of last summer and then the Swiss prosecutor’s office announced that they would take the case to court in February. ” related to Brendo, the murders of Dishliev, his mother, the Romanian agent who tried to buy cocaine from him. to see if these small banknotes that enter the Swiss bank really have a real origin, because the legend is that they are from big deals in Bulgaria “, explained Tihomir Bezlov from the Center for the Study of Democracy.
According to Swiss law, in order to claim compensation from a bank for non-compliance with the rules, there must be a charge against an individual. She was an employee at the lowest level and had the right to sign documents for up to 100 thousand francs. However, her boss, with whom they had come to our country to check whether the origin of the money was real, had died. Thus, for the Swiss prosecutor’s office, she turned out to be the only living participant who was allegedly committed. According to the Confederate prosecutor’s office, firstly, the rules for verifying the origin of the money were not met, and secondly, after 2005 there was already enough worrying information about Brando and the bank should have stopped servicing his accounts.
However, Banev remained a client until 2008, when the investigation began. It has gone through many vicissitudes and stops and has lasted for more than 14 years.
Two Bulgarians are accused – an athlete and a bank employee
The criminal network of Evelin Banev – Brendo has sent over 70 million Swiss francs in three years, local media reported.
Two Bulgarians are accused – an athlete and a bank employee.
The indictment, which was sent by the Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s Office, states that the money that went through the bank accounts was from the sale of drugs.
“The suspects are a Bulgarian fighter, living in the canton of Valais and working mainly as a worker, and his employer. Between September 2008 and June 2015, the investigation into suspicions of money laundering and involvement in a criminal organization was expanded to include a former bank employee, “the Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s Office said in a request from BTV in the case.
In three years, more than 70 million Swiss francs have passed through the scheme, initially the charge was 140 million.
Brendo’s name does not appear in the indictment. He has three convictions in three countries. He was arrested last year in Kiev. Our state has requested that he be extradited here, but this is unlikely to happen, as he has acquired Ukrainian citizenship.
Due to the large-scale criminal scheme, the authority of one of the largest banks in Switzerland is seriously threatened, analysts say.
“From at least July 2004 to December 2008, the former CEO of Credit Suisse AG was responsible for business relations with the criminal organization,” the prosecutor’s office said.
The money laundering case begins next week.
