Police have filed a charge before the Prosecutor’s Office against former Strumica Mayor Kostadin Kostadinov and another two people on suspicion of unscrupulous operation and abuse of office.
According to the charge, 54-year-old I.G., head of the Municipality’s Department of Administration of Revenue, on four occasions, drew up decisions on tax exemption concerning the A1.1 class of flats, citing Article 25 of the Law on Property Taxes, even though the provisions apply only to the A2.1 class.
It is explained that in three of the decisions, she signed also the field “confirmed/controlled by”, in the absence of 64-year-old B.S.
That person, head of the Finance Sector, and Kostadinov, acted unscrupulously and signed those decisions without supervision, it is also said in the charge. Damage to the Municipality’s budget of around 10,800 euros was caused, authorities explain.