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Alleged Bulgarian mobster hires high profile defense attorney

Jeff German
July 16, 2010 - 9:19 am
 

Dimitar Dimitrov was living in Bulgaria when Las Vegas attorney John Momot made a name for himself defending reputed mob figures in the 1970s and '80s.

Momot how has a chance to relive those days defending Dimitrov, the jailed reputed leader of a Bulgarian crime ring busted in Las Vegas.

Court records this week show Momot has replaced Todd Leventhal, Dimitrov’s court appointed lawyer.

FBI wiretaps have picked up Dimitrov making an array of alleged threats worthy of old-time Las Vegas mobsters, including cutting off the ears of a former associate who owed him money.

Dimitrov and 10 others face a variety of federal charges related to the theft of cars from auto dealers and cash from ATMs.

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