Prosecutor's Office of BiH: 18 persons indicted for organized crime and multi-million dollar fraud

The Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH has filed an indictment against:

- Barbić Klement, born in 1976

- Barbić Valentin, born in 1982.

- Kenjić Dragan, born in 1962.

- Šuvalija Nermin, born in 1976.

- Nuić Ante, born in 1953.

- Ejub Jasmina, born in 1969.

- Ribić Saldina, 1983.

- Janjić Nebojša, born in 1973.

- Đuričić Branislav, born in 1975.

- Tuka Marinko, born in 1960.

- Kazić Eniz, born in 1954.

- Kazić Emir, born in 1988.

- Bojo Stjepan, born in 1963.

- Šarčević Hamdija, born in 1962.

- Čabaravdić Mirza, born in 1977.

- Vidić Predrag, born in 1970.

- Boloban Orhan, born in 1975.

- Hodžić Adnan, born in 1979.

The accused are charged with having, acting as an organized criminal group, committed fraud, tax evasion, insurance fraud, and illegal VAT refunds, and obtained illegal property benefits in the amount of approximately 2 million KM, for which they damaged leasing companies and insurance companies.

The indictment states that the accused, by falsifying documentation and in mutual agreement, carried out fictitious procurement of expensive construction machinery (excavators and other equipment), as well as carpentry and furniture production machinery, through leasing financing, while the vehicles and equipment were not actually purchased.

Subsequently, for the aforementioned vehicles and machinery, which were insured, they fictitiously reported thefts and, through fraud, collected large insurance sums. Also, for the aforementioned vehicles and machinery, they illegally claimed input VAT refunds.

Through these criminal offenses, the accused obtained large illegal property benefits and damaged several leasing companies and insurance companies.

In this manner, on several occasions, they committed the criminal offenses of tax evasion or fraud, abuse of insurance, deception in obtaining loans or other benefits, and fraud. The indictment, with extensive evidence, will be forwarded to the Court of BiH, it was announced from the Prosecutor's Office of BiH.