The Special Department for Suppression of Corruption, Organized and Intercantonal Crime of the FBIH Federal Prosecutor’s Office filed an indictment against Behrija Huseinbegović, for the criminal offense of abuse of position or authority under Article 383 of the FBiH CC, and money laundering under Article 272 of the FBiH CC, Tomislav Zubak and Josip Raić for the criminal offense of abuse of position or authority under Article 383 of the FBiH CC, illegal possession of weapons or explosive materials under Article 371 of the FBiH CC FBiH, and money laundering from Article 272 of the CC of FBiH, Nikola Čato for the criminal offense of abuse of position or authority from Article 383 of the CC of FBiH and the criminal offense of preventing an official from performing official duties from Article 358 of the CC of FBiH, and the legal entity WDG doo Vitez for the criminal offense of abuse of position or authority from Article 383 of the CC of FBiH and the criminal offense of money laundering from Article 272 of the CC of FBiH.
Behrija Huseinbegović is accused of enabling the company WDG Promet doo Zagreb to illegally purchase PS Vitezite without fulfilling the legal requirements and obtaining the consent of the competent institutions. WDG Promet doo Zagreb, in the absence of other funds, used funds in the amount of KM 10,800,000.00 for the purchase of assets of PS Vitezit in bankruptcy, which were paid to them for the purchase of weapons and ammunition for Ukraine.
The buyer was allowed to take possession of the property, including facilities and facilities for the production of weapons and military equipment, which should not have been disposed of, and which property was then disposed of by WDG doo Vitez without a legal basis.
The suspects also organized the dismantling and destruction of facilities, plants, infrastructure and equipment intended for the production of weapons and military equipment and the sale of these assets as secondary raw materials, thereby obtaining an illegal benefit to the legal entity WDG doo Vitez, and thereby damaging PS Vitez in bankruptcy.
The money obtained from the sale of the property was injected into the legal cash flows of the company WDG doo Vitez and used for salaries, expenses and operations, with which the suspects committed the above-mentioned criminal acts.
The indictment proposed the examination of 71 witnesses, 3 experts and presentation of over 1,000 material pieces of evidence for the main trial.
It was also proposed to confiscate the proceeds of crime from the suspected legal entity WDG doo Vitez in the amount of about 214,000.00 KM and in the amount of 10,800,000.00 KM that was paid into the account of PS Vitezit doo in bankruptcy, and that the suspects undertake to compensate the costs of the criminal proceedings.
The acting federal prosecutor of the Special Department for Suppression of Corruption, Organized and Inter-Cantonal Crime of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office FBIH also proposed measures to extend detention for the suspects Behrija Huseinbegović, Tomislav Zubak and Josip Raič, it was announced.
(TIP/Source: federalna.ba/Photo: Archive)
