The cantonal court in Sarajevo issued a first-instance verdict and found Kerim Gosić, Branimir Butigan and Buba Company – limited liability company Neum guilty.
Gosić was sentenced to a single prison sentence of two years and eight months for the criminal offenses of abuse of position or authority and forgery of documents, while Branimir Butigan was sentenced to a prison sentence of two years and ten months for abuse of position and money laundering.
Buba Company was sentenced to a fine of 10,000 KM.
The defendants are obliged to compensate the damage to the company Alsuwaidi Investment in the amount of 129,987 KM according to the finality of the verdict.
The verdict is significant due to the conviction of a legal entity for money laundering as an independent offense, which the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of the Canton of Sarajevo contributed to the implementation of the recommendations of the MONEYVAL Committee regarding the prosecution of this criminal offense.
Kerim Gosić is charged that on November 23, 2022 in Sarajevo, in the capacity of a responsible person, that is, as a proxy for the director of the company Alsuwaidi Investment – for which he could only undertake certain actions in accordance with the power of attorney, he exceeded his authority and agreed with the accused Branimir Butigan that the firm Buba Company for the needs of the company Alsuwaidi Investment will prepare an Elaborate for improving the business and positioning of the company in Bosnia and Herzegovina. market for the period 2023-2028.
In order to convince the bank employees of the alleged legality of his actions and powers, Gosić, with a false signature of the director, asked them to pay 129,987 KM from the account of the company Alsuwaidi Investment to the transaction account of the company Buba Company, headed by the accused Butigan, for the purposes of preparing the Elaboration.
After that, the accused Butigan, in order to conceal the real origin of the money, issued several payment orders to his transaction account, more precisely, 90,000 KM, while the remaining part of 39,987 KM from the payment of Alsuwaidi Investment remained in the account of Buba Company, which is accused of disposing of illegally obtained property benefits, the KS announced.
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