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INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST STJEPAN PEŠUT (1973)
02.10.2012. 15:32Prosecutor of Department III within the Prosecutor's Office of BiH issued an indictment against Stjepan PEŠUT AKA "Sale", born on August 8, 1973 in Belgrade, residing in Sarajevo, BiH citizen.
The accused Stjepan PEŠUT is charged to have, after he came into possession of a counterfeit bank note in denomination of 20,00 BAM which he was able to tell by its appearance, failed to reported it to the competent authorities and kept the banknote separating it from the genuine money until September 6, 2011. On that date at around 8:30 P.M. at the border crossing of "Mali Zvornik - Novi most" in Mali Zvornik, at the exit from the Republic of Serbia and entry into Bosnia and Herzegovina, while performing regular border control the police officers detected the above mentioned banknote in the wallet of the accused.
The accused is charged with having knowledge that the counterfeit money was being made and failing to report it, thereby committing the criminal offense of Counterfeiting of Money under Article 205, Paragraph 4 of the Criminal Code of BiH.
The indictment was forwarded to the Court of BiH for confirmation.
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