Indictment filed for tax evasion amounting to approximately 308,000 KM

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - A prosecutor from the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has filed an indictment against: Hodžić Aldin, born in 1982 in Gračanica, a citizen of BiH. - Legal entity "OXIS OIL" d.o.o. for production, trade and transport Gračanica, whose director without limitation, during the period covered by the indictment, was Hodžić Aldin.

The accused Hodžić Aldin is charged with having, during the period from 2014 to 2018, operating through the aforementioned company in the trade of oil and oil derivatives, realized a taxable income of approximately 1.4 million KM, which he did not report for VAT calculation in accordance with the legal provisions of the tax legislation of BiH. In this way, tax evasion amounting to a total of 239,036.00 KM was committed, by which amount the budget of Bosnia and Herzegovina was damaged.

Furthermore, the accused is charged with having, in mid-2015, through the aforementioned company, realized a turnover of 409,605.00 KM, for which he did not calculate or pay the VAT amount of 69,605.00 KM, by which the budget of BiH was damaged.

The accused Hodžić Aldin is charged with having, as a director without limitation of authority in the legal entity "OXIS OIL" d.o.o. Gračanica, acting in the name, for the account and in favor of the said legal entity by not providing the required information, or by providing false information about acquired taxable incomes and other facts affecting the determination of the amount of tax obligations, avoided paying value added tax (VAT) in the amount of more than 200,000.00 KM, while the legal entity OXIS OIL d.o.o. thus disposed of illegally obtained property benefits.

The accused Hodžić Aldin is charged with committing the prolonged criminal offense of tax evasion or fraud from Article 210, paragraph 4 in conjunction with paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of BiH, while the accused legal entity "OXIS OIL" d.o.o. Gračanica is charged with the criminal offense of tax evasion or fraud from Article 210, paragraph 4 in conjunction with paragraph 1 and in conjunction with Article 124 of the Criminal Code of BiH.

The indictment has been forwarded to the Court of BiH for confirmation.