Fugitive Tycoon Seeks Road to Power in Most Corrupt EU State
- Bulgarian billionaire Bozhkov vows to enter politics
- He says he’s innocent of 18 charges, including four murders
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Bulgarian prosecutors call Vasil Bozhkov the nation’s most dangerous man. Now the fugitive gambling tycoon is planning to return home to exonerate himself by toppling the government.
Once ranked among eastern Europe’s richest people, the 63-year-old has been in a self-imposed exile in Dubai since January. He’s awaiting a decision on extradition after Bulgaria charged him with 18 crimes, including attempted bribery and four cases of murder-for-hire. Bozhkov denies wrongdoing and accuses Prime Minister Boyko Borissov’s government of extortion.