SIPA arrests owner of Umax Group gas station and owner of Emiran student hotel

SIPA officers arrested today in Sarajevo the owner of the "Umax Group" gas station, Hasib Bijelić, and the owner of the "Emiran" student hotel, Emir Šarić.

The duo is suspected of committing criminal acts of organized crime, tax evasion, and money laundering with several other individuals.

- The suspects are charged with evading more than three million KM from 2010 until the day of arrest by avoiding payment of income tax on revenues they earned by representing Special Security Vehicle Trading from Dubai. They deposited the money into their foreign currency accounts in commercial banks, which they used to purchase cars and real estate in the territory of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina - said the spokesperson of the Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor's Office, Azra Bavčić.

The arrested individuals are being held at SIPA premises, after which they will be handed over to the Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor's Office, Patria reports.