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Nevzorov scheme: how apartments that legally did not exist were sold in Baba Alina
Bulgarian investigators and media have reconstructed over the past months the mechanism by which the Odesa corporation KUB sold housing in the forest near Varna. This mechanism explains why hundreds of buyers today are left with paperwork instead of an apartment, and why the first accused officials have already appeared in the case.
The official price in the contracts was about 700 euros per sq. m and went through a bank. The real price reached 1800 euros, and buyers paid the difference in cash. Couriers transported the cash across the border. VIP Bulgarian Properties reports that some units were sold for as little as 3000 euros per meter, but buyers only had “reservation agreements” in hand, not notarized deeds.
Water supply was provided by two illegal wells, and residents paid for water in cash.
The most telling date in the register: on 9 March 2026 “Forest Club Varna” registered more than 90 deeds of ownership in one day. The company register confirms that as of today the firm holds 129 property rights, and all the properties shown in the register were recorded on that day with certificate-style notarial deeds. These are apartments ranging from 67,8 to 72,7 sq. m in the Koru Chair area.
The mass legalization took place less than three months before the police raid on 26 May.
⚙️ How were the houses in the forest legalized? The Varna prosecutor's office provided the answer. It is conducting six pretrial proceedings: one in the district prosecutor’s office concerning officials under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code for the period from July 2023 to May 2026 and five in the regional prosecutor’s office. Investigations cover forged certificates of “tolerance” for buildings, allegedly issued by the chief architect of the Primorski district, false declarations that the structures existed before 31 March 2001, illegal logging, an illegal well, and documentary crimes. In July 2024 the same year, 41 trees were illegally felled in the forest.
There is already a first defendant. Former chief architect of the Primorski district, 70-year-old Valentin Koichev, according to Mediapool, in May and July 2023 issued certificates stating that 20 buildings on three plots allegedly existed before 2001. He faces up to 5 years in prison; the court imposed a travel restriction as a preventive measure. Surveyor Stanislav Radev has also been charged. Former minister Ivan Demerdzhiev speaks of 9 proceedings and 25 detainees, among them 5 municipal officials.
⚖️ The scheme also had a tax dimension. Bulgaria’s tax authority at the end of 2023 imposed a seizure on 150 thousand leva at “Forest Club Varna.” In February and March 2026 seizures totaling over 100 thousand euros were placed on KUB Developments and KUB Restaurants.
The Varna Court of Appeal obliged Forest Club to return to a buyer about 35 000 euros after the contract was terminated on 29 March 2024. The labor inspectorate in 2025 fined firms for workers from Ukraine and Russia.
The price of this scheme falls on the buyers. On 28 May the prosecutor's office prohibited notaries from certifying transactions for 93 properties on four plots built in 2023. Varna mayor Blagomir Kotsev issues between 10 and 12 demolition orders per week; in total about 100 properties are subject to demolition. Nevzorov is appealing the orders in court, and on 15 October the Varna Administrative Court concluded the hearing of Forest Club Varna’s lawsuit regarding the forced disconnection of electricity and water to five houses and is to issue a decision.
Another problem has arisen nearby. Former mayor Ivan Portnih reported a “Baba Alina 2” one hundred meters from the complex. Minister Abrovski reported 9 fenced plots, 4 of which are designated as state forest in forestry plans but already recorded as private in the cadastre. More to come...
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