PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE BIH ISSUED INDICTMENT FOR TAX EVASION AMOUNTING TO BAM 423,378

The Prosecutor’s Office of BiH has filed an indictment against Avdija Ćenanović and the legal entity Sara Kompani d.o.o. Ilidža that are charged with committing VAT evasion in the amount of BAM 423,378.68 in the period from April 2012 to December 2015 and damaging the BiH budget by this amount.

A Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organised Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption has filed an indictment against:

-          Avdija Ćenanović, born in 1964 in Sarajevo, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and

-          legal entity SARA KOMPANI d.o.o. Ilidža, whose owner, director and responsible person without limitation of authority within the registered activity in the legal entity is Avdija Ćenanović.

According to the allegations from the Indictment, the accused Avdija Ćenanović is charged that he, as the owner, responsible person and director without limitation of authority within the registered activity in the legal entity Sara Kompani d.o.o. Ilidža provided false information on the facts that affected the determination of the amount of liabilities and thus avoided the calculation and payment the VAT taxes prescribed by the tax legislation.

The legal entity Sara Kompani d.o.o. Ilidža is charged with disposing of the illegally obtained property gain, which was acquired by the accused Avdija Ćenanović.

The accused Avdija Ćenanović is charged with having committed the criminal offence of Tax Evasion or Fraud under Article 210 (4) of the Criminal Code of BiH as read with Paragraphs 1 and 2 thereof, in conjunction with Article 54 of the same Code, and the legal entity Sara Kompani d.o.o. Ilidža with having committed the criminal offence of Tax Evasion or Fraud under Article 210 (4) of the Criminal Code of BiH as read with Paragraphs 1 and 2 thereof, in conjunction with Article 54, 124 and 125 of the same Code.

The indictment was forwarded to the Court of BiH for confirmation.