Georgi Iliev (businessman)
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Georgi Iliev | |
|---|---|
 Georgi Iliev (left) with his brother Vasil in 1994 | |
| Born | July 22, 1966 |
| Died | August 25, 2005 (aged 39) |
Georgi Andreev Iliev (
VIS
.
Biography
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 due to his involvement in a group rape. Upon his release from prison he became something of a small-time criminal. After the death of his brother
drug dealing and smuggling
operations. According to Grigor Lilov, author of "The Richest Bulgarians", Georgi Iliiev had amassed a fortune of over $250 million.
He is also thought to have taken an eighteen-year-old
Iliya Pavlov who set things straight.[1]
Death
He was shot and killed at a restaurant in
Bourgas, by a suspected sniper. The same evening his club Lokomotiv won 1:0 against OFK Beograd (2:2 on aggregate) and continued in the next round of UEFA Cup where it was eventually eliminated by Bolton. Iliev was alleged to be an organized crime boss, and so his murder was suspected to be part of an ongoing turf war between rival criminal gangs. His brother Vasil Iliev was also shot and killed in 1995 in Sofia
.
References
- "Bulgarian football boss shot dead". BBC News. August 26, 2005.
- "Bulgarian businessman killed in Black Sea resort". The Sofia Echo. August 26, 2005.
- "Bulgaria's Football Elite Flock to Iliev's Memorial Service". Sofia News Agency (as syndicated by the British Helsinki Human Rights Group). August 28, 2005. Archived from the originalon 2006-10-03.
- ^ "Бербатов призна: Георги Илиев ме отвлече". 24 chasa. Вестникарска група България ООД. 3 October 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-11-25.
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