- Georgi Iliev
Infobox Person
name=Georgi Iliev
caption=
birth_date=July 22 ,1966
birth_place=Kyustendil ,Bulgaria
death_date=August 25 ,2005
death_place=Sunny Beach ,Bulgaria Georgi Andreev Iliev ( _bg. Георги Андреев Илиев) (
July 22 ,1966 –August 25 ,2005 ) was aBulgaria n businessman, best known for his ownership of a top Bulgarian football team,Lokomotiv Plovdiv .In his early years he won several wrestling competitions and a few gold medals, but had to stop his sports career because of a criminal conviction in his involvement in a a group rape. Upon his release from prison he became something of a small-time criminal. After the death of his brotherVasil Iliev he became the boss of a criminal organization calledVIS , which fronted as a legitimate security and insurance provider. The former head secretary of the Bulgarian Ministry of Internal AffairsBoiko Borisov claims to information showing Georgi Iliev's involvement indrug dealing andsmuggling operations. According to Grigor Lilov, author of "The Richest Bulgarians", Georgi Iliiev had amassed a fortune of over $250 million.Death
He was shot and killed at a restaurant in
Sunny Beach , a resort town on Bulgaria'sBlack Sea coast near the city ofBourgas , by a suspectedsniper . Iliev was alleged to be anorganized crime boss, and so his murder was suspected to be part of an ongoing turf war between rival criminal gangs. His brotherVasil Iliev was also shot and killed in 1995 inSofia .References
*cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4187710.stm | title = Bulgarian football boss shot dead | work =
BBC News | date =August 26 ,2005
*cite news | url = http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/bulgarian-businessman-killed-in-black-sea-resort/id_12141/catid_38 | title = Bulgarian businessman killed in Black Sea resort | work = The Sofia Echo | date =August 26 ,2005
*cite news | url = http://www.bhhrg.org/mediaDetails.asp?ArticleID=475 | title = Bulgaria's Football Elite Flock to Iliev's Memorial Service | publisher =Sofia News Agency (as syndicated by the British Helsinki Human Rights Group) | date =August 28 ,2005
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