12 people arrested, Serbian budget damaged by 122 million (VIDEO)

Gendarmerie, police, court, arrest, Photo: Hello! / Masanori Josida

Members of the Directorate of Criminal Police of the Interior Ministry arrested 12 people suspected of damaging the budget of the Republic of Serbia by more than 122 million dinars as members of an organized criminal group, using commercial documentation with false content.

In cooperation with the Tax Police, and by order of the Organized Crime Prosecutor’s Office, SI (1960), JK (1988) were arrested for reasons to suspect that they committed criminal acts of association with the purpose of committing criminal acts, abuse of office responsible, money laundering and tax evasion. , RJ (1968), SV (1968), ST (1979), G.Ž. (1982), GJ (1972), JC (1973), DI (1963), DI (1963), MV (1971) and MI (1987), while criminal charges were filed against a person in the ordinary process.

There are reasons to suspect that members of a criminal group organized during 2019 and 2020, through six companies that were under their control, issued invoices to companies with which a fictitious business relationship was established, for the invoicing of construction goods and services , who were not executed.

It is suspected that in this way, the companies paid 763,885,469 dinars to companies under the control of the suspects for fictitious businesses, which were later withdrawn in cash by members of an organized criminal group.

There is reason to suspect that the suspects later, with the retention of the agreed commission of six to eight percent, returned the money to those responsible for the companies. Criminal charges were brought against seven company officials in an ordinary proceeding on suspicion of committing the crime of money laundering and tax evasion.

In this way, as suspected, the members of the organized criminal group obtained an illegal capital gain of 45,833,128 dinars.

It is suspected that, on the basis of uncalculated, unexpressed and unpaid tax liabilities, damage to the budget of the Republic of Serbia amounting to 122,826,216 dinars was caused in this way.

The suspects were detained for up to 48 hours and will be taken to the Organized Crime Prosecutor’s Office with a criminal report.