The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST THREE PERSONS FOR COUNTERFEITING OF MONEY
24.08.2012. 15:25Prosecutor of Department III within the Prosecutor's Office of BiH issued an indictment against the following persons:
- Omеr MUJAGIĆ, born on March 4, 1990 in Tuzla, residing in Kalesija municipality, with prior convictions, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and
- Edin AVDIĆ, born on June 11, 1978 in Loznica, the Republic of Serbia, residing in Kalesija municipality, with prior convictions, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The accused Edin AVDIĆ is charged that after receiving a counterfeit banknote of 100.00 KM (BAM) from a person known to him on April 1, 2012 at about 8 P.M. in Kalesija he put the aforementioned banknote into circulation as genuine, by way of giving it to Omеr MUJAGIĆ telling him to pay for the food order. The second accused did so and returned the change in the amount of 95.00 KM (BAM).
The accused are charged with having put counterfeit money into circulation as genuine and by doing so committed the criminal offence of Counterfeiting of Money under Article 205, Paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 29 of the Criminal Code of BiH.
The indictment was forwarded to the Court of BiH for confirmation.
This announcement does not prejudice the outcome of the criminal proceedings and does not violate the principle of the presumption of innocence. A person shall be considered innocent of a crime until guilt has been established by a final verdict (Article 3, paragraph 1 of the CPC BiH).
