The Special Department for Suppression of Corruption, Organized and Intercantonal Crime of the FBIH Federal Prosecutor’s Office (POSKOK) filed an indictment in the “Gunpowder” case against Behrija Huseinbegović, Tomislav Zubak, Josip Rajić and Nikola Ćata, due to the suspicious sale of Vitezite property.
As announced by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, Huseinbegović is charged with abuse of position or authority and money laundering, Zubak and Rajić are charged with abuse of position, illegal possession of weapons or explosive substances, while Ćato is charged with abuse of position or authority and preventing an official from performing his official duties.
The indictment also includes the company WDG doo Vitez for the criminal offense of abuse of position or authority and the criminal offense of money laundering.
Behrija Huseinbegović is accused of enabling the company WDG Promet doo Zagreb to illegally purchase PS Vitezit in bankruptcy 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 10,800,000 KM, which were paid to them for the purchase of weapons and ammunition for Ukraine, to purchase the property of PS Vitezit in bankruptcy.
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 illegal benefits for 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 aforementioned criminal acts.
The indictment proposed the examination of 71 witnesses, 3 experts and presentation of more than 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 KM and in the amount of 10,800,000 KM paid to the account of PS Vitezit doo in bankruptcy, and that the suspects undertake to pay 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 of FBiH also proposed measures to extend detention for the suspects Behrija Huseinbegović, Tomislav Zubak and Josip Rajić, writes Factor.
