Indictment for aiding tax evasion exceeding 3.5 million BAM

(Patria) - The prosecutor and head of the Financial Crime Department of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption, has filed an indictment against: Svraka Senad, born in 1966 in Rudo, residing in Sarajevo.

The accused is charged with, during the period from 2008 to 2011, acting as the owner of the legal entity Elster commerce d.o.o. Sarajevo, whose director – responsible person with unlimited authority was the suspect's wife, having assisted in managing the incriminating business operations of the legal entity Elster Commerce d.o.o. Sarajevo, by helping her with the procurement of regular and illegal supplies, as well as with negotiating with third parties, for the purpose of obtaining false and forged invoices for the trade of coffee as a high-tariff commodity in BiH.

The accused is charged with having participated, through his illegal actions, in creating the appearance that the coffee was of BiH origin, thereby enabling the illegal deduction of input VAT in the amount of approximately 3.57 million BAM, an amount by which the budget and all citizens of BiH were damaged.

The accused is charged with the criminal offense of tax evasion or fraud under Article 210, Paragraph 4 of the Criminal Code of BiH. The indictment has been forwarded to the Court of BiH.