Novinite.com
24 Jan 2023, 08:11 GMT+10
"What is happening in Bulgaria affects my business and life plans in a very small way." This is what the co-founder of Nexo, Antoni Trentchev, said in his first interview on Nova TV.
The former MP from the party of Meglena Kuneva's "Citizens Movement Bulgaria" announced that he has not lived in Bulgaria for a long time.
"The actions of the Bulgarian authorities are absurd, unnecessary and a large part of them - illegal. We will respond in the appropriate way to this," said Trentchev.
He rejected claims that his company funded terrorists and again described them as "absurd".
"The truth is that the only thing we saw after the action were two flying sheets with standard text. This is what was shown to our colleagues who were briefly detained in Sofia," he said.
According to him, the official charges - his and Kosta Kanchev's - have not yet been served.
Trentchev categorically stated that he does not know Mahmoud Mohammed, who is on the prohibited list of wanted persons of the Israeli services.
"Besides, he is not a client of Nexo", he specified, refuting the official thesis of the prosecution.
Trentchev explained that Mohammed had been doing transactions on Nexo for two years before he was listed.
"We as an institution monitor all incoming and outgoing transactions on our platform in real time," explained the businessman.
He specified that this is a certified program that monitors whether cash flows are clean or not. It was used by the CIA and the FBI.
"This is only possible with blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies," explained Trentchev.
Later, Nexo also released a video to the media, showing that the transactions of the Mohammed in question were before he was blacklisted, and the amounts were symbolic - 1,500 and 400 dollars, respectively.
What the Bulgarian prosecutor's office has explained as an "international partnership" is expressed in the provision of the software solution, said Trentchev. "This is an absolutely ridiculous accusation", he is categorical.
According to him, the reasons for the actions of the Bulgarian prosecutor's office are political.
"It was an opportune moment to resoundingly attack parties like PP and DB and to sabotage the third mandate," he believes.
According to him, he knew about some of the donations to "Da, Bulgaria" made by his employees. - "But I have not investigated and I have not interfered in any way in their decision to express their civil positions."
Trentchev rejected the words of ex-prime minister Boyko Borissov that "this is a way to circumvent the rules".
"Touching, really touching. This is coming from someone you know the public has doubts about. This is a clear sign towards the prosperous and promising IT sector in Bulgaria", he added.
Trentchev confirmed that he knows the co-chairman of "Democratic Bulgaria" - Hristo Ivanov.
"I know Hristo Ivanov. I was part of public life in Bulgaria years ago. But I don't see how that's relevant. We are a handful of people in Bulgaria", comments Trentchev.
He is adamant that the two did not discuss donations.
"I don't know how to say it more clearly. We are a global company that does not offer its services in Bulgaria, which succeeds without public funds, European funds, public procurement and a political umbrella", he is categorical.
According to Trentchev, "unfortunately, the prosecutor's office has no idea what he is talking about." He explained that the value of the transactions is not the 94 billion announced by the magistrates, but more than 100 billion.
"We have 5 million customers and millions of transactions that we monitor every day", he explained and added "we are prospering despite everything that is happening in Bulgaria".
He also said that "despite the advice of all our friends and relatives not to deal with Bulgaria, we did it out of patriotism, patriotism and the desire for this poor country to have an example of how things can happen otherwise - apart from gold bars, money packs and looting".
Trentchev is categorical - Nexo will sue Bulgaria.
"Top professionals at the global level are already assessing the damage, which is estimated at more than 1 billion dollars. We will defend our interests," said the co-founder of the company.
Follow on and
Write to us at
- /OFFNews
Copyright (c) Novinite.com. Published with permission via Big News Network news agency
Get a daily dose of Israel Herald news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well.
Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to Israel Herald.
More InformationIsrael intensified its deadly bombardment of the Gaza Strip Saturday as renewed fighting with Hamas entered a second day following ...
ARLINGTON, Virginia: This week, the conservative U.S. political network Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP Action), led by billionaire Charles Koch, ...
BEIJING, China: The Chaoyang District Intermediary Court in Beijing has begun compensation hearings for the Chinese relatives of those who ...
Israel resumed its military operation in the Gaza Strip on Friday with heavy bombardments. As strikes continue, the United States ...
LIVINGSTON, Kentucky: CSX railroad said that a failed wheel bearing on a train car caused a derailment on November 22 ...
HELSINKI, Finland: After Finland joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) earlier this year, hundreds of migrants from the Middle ...
WASHINGTON D.C.: This week, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it implemented a new aircraft certification policy, which requires ...
WASHINGTON D.C.: As businesses built more warehouses and accumulated machinery equipment, the U.S. economy grew faster than initially forecast in ...
WASHINGTON D.C.: This week, the White House said that Senior Biden administration officials met with the makers of respiratory syncytial ...
CHEYENNE, Wyoming: This week, the Biden administration raised US$3.4 million from a sale of oil and gas drilling rights in ...
NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks extended their rally on Friday despite remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell ...
MOSCOW, Russia: Russia's trade in oil with India, one of the most lucrative oil trade routes since the imposition of ...