Damaged the Budget by 3.5 Million KM: Imported Coffee, Falsely Declared Import of Soy, Clay...

(Patria) - The prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH filed an indictment against Svraka Senad, born in 1966 in Rudo, Svraka Aida, born in 1980 in Sarajevo, and the legal entity "Elster-Commerce" d.o.o. Sarajevo.

The accused are charged that, as owners and directors of the legal entity "Elster-Commerce" d.o.o. Sarajevo, during the import of large quantities of raw coffee from abroad into BiH, by submitting false invoices for fictitiously realized turnover, they created the appearance of realized turnover, procured coffee on the black market, and illegally claimed input VAT credit, thereby evading VAT tax obligations in the total amount of 3,569,592.55 KM, by which amount they damaged the budget and all citizens of BiH, and obtained illegal property benefit for themselves.

The investigation established the existence of dozens of forged invoices for import through which VAT amounts were evaded in various amounts, most often from 10,000-20,000 KM, but also other amounts, and coffee was falsely declared as import of soy, clay, etc. through invoices during import.

The accused are charged with committing the criminal offense of tax evasion or fraud from Article 210 of the Criminal Code of BiH. The prosecution will prove the allegations of the indictment by calling about 60 witnesses and expert witnesses, and by submitting hundreds of pieces of evidence and financial documentation.