Indictment Confirmed Against 13 Individuals, Sold 730 Cars, 'Laundered' 2.7 Million KM

(Patria) - The Cantonal Court in Sarajevo confirmed the indictment of the KS Prosecutor's Office against Jure Miletić, Marijana Miletić, Mijo Miletić, Ivan Miletić, Pero Čalić, Ankica Čalić, Ivica Vidović, Ana Vidović, Dario Vrebac, Mario Vrebac, Leonard Prskalo, Ragib Emša and Sonja Mlakić. They are charged with the criminal offenses of associating for the purpose of committing criminal acts and money laundering. Jure Miletić is accused of forming a group from 2020 to May 2024, whose members were the other 12 defendants who served him for money laundering.

The defendant Miletić, with the help of his wife Marijana Miletić, illegally obtained and sold at least 730 cars over the past four years. Using the craft shop AC "Juro", the defendant Miletić and his wife manipulated documentation when drafting brokerage contracts between the principal and the buyer.

The sold cars were paid for in cash, by deposit into the defendants' accounts, given on installments in the case of private lending, and they even concluded fictitious loan agreements with buyers, and during the lending period, they gave buyers a power of attorney to drive until the remaining amount was paid. To conceal the nature, source, location, disposal and ownership, Miletić associated into a group members of his immediate family: his wife Marijana, mother Danica, brothers Mijo and Ivan, his wife's parents Pero and Ankica, as well as his friends, the defendants Ivica Vidović, Ana Vidović, Sonja Mlakić and Ragib Emša, and employees of his craft shop AC "Juro", Leonard Prskalo, Dario Vrebac and Mario Vrebac, into whose accounts the money from car sales was deposited. A total of 2,722,028.10 KM was deposited into the bank accounts of the group members.

The money from the unauthorized sale was "laundered", among other things, by purchasing 20 apartments, 26 storage rooms and 16 garage spaces in the Bulevar residential complex for a total amount of 1,859,685.15 KM.

The prosecuting attorneys proposed in the indictment that the court confiscate the real estate, and confiscate half a million marks from the defendant Miletić and ban him from performing commission service activities.

For the main trial, it was proposed to hear 208 witnesses, four expert witnesses and present more than 10,000 pieces of evidence. The filing of the indictment was preceded by a complex investigation by the KS Prosecutor's Office in cooperation with investigators from the State Investigation and Protection Agency and the Tax Administration of the Federation.