Prof. Mariela Geneva-Popova has resigned as dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the Medical University in Plovdiv and as head of the rheumatology clinic at St George University Hospital. She submitted both resignations from custody, the university and the hospital confirmed to BNT.

This story follows our earlier report on the Plovdiv District Court's decision to keep Prof. Geneva-Popova in custody.

She was arrested as part of an investigation into a scheme of fake hospital admissions, which was used to drain money from the National Health Insurance Fund. She has been charged in the case. She is presumed innocent until a verdict comes into force.

Prosecutors put the damage from the scheme at more than €3 million.