Bribery and Corruption: Former FBiH MP SBiH Osmanović Sentenced to 2.5 Years in Prison

Former FBiH MP of the Party of BiH Midhat Osmanović was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison today, and Velid Torić, acting director of the Health Insurance Fund, to two years for prolonged criminal offenses of abuse of position and accepting bribes, reports the Patria News Agency.

The panel of the Municipal Court that delivered the verdict was chaired by judge Alma Mulabdić.

According to the indictment, Osmanović committed the criminal offense of illegal mediation and incitement to the criminal offense of abuse of position and authority.

As an official in an FBiH institution, using his position, he incited Torić to also use his position and obtain a financial benefit of 20,000 KM for him.

Torić is accused of the criminal offense of abuse of position and authority. As acting director of the Health Insurance Fund, he used his position and obtained 20,000 KM for Osmanović.

Mensur Radončić, the lawyer of the convicted Osmanović, announced that an appeal would be filed. Osmanović claims that this is a politically fabricated process and that he will prove it in the second-instance proceedings. The sentence includes the time Osmanović and Torić spent in pre-trial detention.

As a reminder, the former FBiH MP was arrested while taking an envelope with money from Enisa Nišić. He had promised Nišić that she would be employed at the Health Insurance Fund.