Career
Upon his release from prison he became something of a small-time criminal. The former head secretary of the Bulgarian Ministry of Internal Affairs Boyko Borisov claims to information showing Georgi Iliev"s involvement in 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 Dimitar Berbatov hostage with plans of making him sign for his football team
Berbatov"s father contacted CSKA Sofia"s boss Iliya Pavlov who set things straight. He was shot and killed at a restaurant in Sunny Beach, a resort town on Bulgaria"s Black Sea coast near the city of Bourgas, by a suspected sniper.
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.