Every week we are contacted by people who obtained Bulgarian citizenship through intermediary companies and later discovered that the documents submitted on their behalf were allegedly forged. The fictional story below is based on recurring factual patterns we encounter in our legal practice. It illustrates how Bulgarian citizenship obtained throughContinue Reading
One of the “smartest” Bulgarian citizenship by investment schemes that may be considered to be a scam One of the smartest schemes is the so called “Hollow Egg”, which we have covered before, but are currently receiving more and more complaints from clients from around the world. This is aContinue Reading
The scam Have you heard offers like this one: “Bulgaria has new law and now you have to invest not a million, but a two million Euro to get citizenship. Or maybe one million and a half. But now you have the unique opportunity to skip the investment altogether. JustContinue Reading
Scam alert – February 2021 To all our existing and prospective clients: please be aware of new citizenship scams. Now that the covid rules the world for almost an year, the unscrupulous “citizenship agents” strike more furiously than ever. The EU citizenship options are now almost non existent (with exceptionContinue Reading
We are frequently being asked by prospective clients whether we can provide them with references from past cases of clients who have obtained Bulgarian citizenship. Most often we are asked whether we can provide references from clients from particular country. We are not certain why exactly, but such requests usuallyContinue Reading
It is September 2020 and there is a new wave of CITIZENSHIP SCAMS in Hong Kong. We are hearing more and more news from our friends and clients from Hong Kong about unscrupulous agents offering illegal schemes. The new scam – Bulgarian fast-track citizenship through investment in real estate WeContinue Reading
In the last 2 months – August and September 2019, we have received large number of complaints from clients from HONG KONG about local (HK) “agents”, promoting illegally the Bulgarian Citizenship by investment program. The unrest and the chaos in Hong Kong is driving many desperate people to seek shelterContinue Reading
The scams in Hong Kong are picking up. “Agents”, pretending to be specially authorized for the Bulgarian Citizenship by Investment program are cashing on the desire of the Hongkongers to own second passport from a country that will allow them to live in democracy. Stay on alert.Continue Reading
Recently, from the start of 2019, we have received an enormous amount of inquiries originating from Albania. Virtually all were related to questions as to how to obtain Bulgarian citizenship as, as claimed the clients, they have Bulgarian roots (most of the times grand father – Bulgarian). The Albanian scamContinue Reading