Article 211
(Supplemented, SG No. 28/1982, SG No. 10/1993, SG No. 92/2002, effective 1.01.2005
with respect to the punishment of probation - amended, SG No. 26/2004, effective 1.01.2004, SG
No. 103/2004, effective 1.01.2005)
Where the deceit under Article 209, paragraphs (1) and (2), and under Article 210 has been
on particularly large scale, constituting particularly grave case or constituting a case of
dangerous recidivism, the punishment shall be imprisonment for three to ten years. The court
may rule confiscation of up to one half of the culprit's property
Article 212
(Supplemented, SG No. 95/1975, amended, SG No. 28/1982)
(1) (Amended, SG No. 10/1993, amended and supplemented, SG No. 26/2010) A person
who, by using a document of untrue content or an untrue or falsified document, obtains without
legal grounds movable or immovable property of another person with the intention to appropriate
it, shall be punished by imprisonment from two to eight years.
(2) (Amended and supplemented, SG No. 27/2009) The punishment under paragraph (1)
shall also be imposed on a person who, by drawing up a document of untrue contents or an
untrue or falsified document, consciously provides opportunity for another natural person or
legal entity to obtain such property without legal grounds.
(3) (New, SG No. 92/2002) Where the property comes from funds, which are owned by
the European Union or that has been granted to the Bulgarian State by such funds, punishment
shall be imprisonment from three to ten years.
(4) (Renumbered from Paragraph 3, SG No. 92/2002) If the property under the preceding
paragraphs is of large scale or the act constitutes dangerous recidivism, the punishment shall be
imprisonment for three to fifteen years.
(5) (Renumbered from Paragraph 4, SG No. 92/2002) For documentary deceit of
particularly large scale, constituting a particularly grave case, the punishment shall be
imprisonment for ten to twenty years.
(6) (Renumbered from Paragraph 5, SG No. 92/2002) In minor cases under paragraphs (1)
and (2) the punishment shall be imprisonment for up to two years or probation.
(7) (Renumbered from Paragraph 6, SG No. 92/2002, amended, SG No. 27/2009) In the
cases of paragraph (1), the court may rule confiscation of up to one half of the culprit's property
and may deprive him of rights under Article 37 (1), sub-paragraphs 6 and 7, and in the cases
under paragraphs (3), (4) and (5), the court shall rule confiscation of part or of the whole
property of the culprit and shall deprive him of rights under Article 37 (1), sub-paragraphs 6 and
7.
Article 212a
(New, SG No. 92/2002)
(1) (Amended, SG No. 38/2007) Where an individual, in view of providing a benefit to
him-/herself or another, brings or maintains misleading representations in someone through
introducing, modifying, deleting, or erasing computerized data or through the use of an
electronic signature of another causes him/her or another harm, shall be punished for computer
fraud by imprisonment from one to six years and a fine from up to BGN 6,000.
(2) (Amended, SG No. 38/2007) The same form and amount of punishment shall be