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INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR CORRUPTIVE CRIMINAL OFFENSE IN COMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY AGENCY BiH
25.08.2022. 10:24The accused is charged with forging and then using forged orders to withdraw money from the foreign currency account of the Communications Regulatory Agency,(CRA), in order to obtain illegal property gain, on more than 30 occasions, in different amounts, usually from a few hundred up to 3750 euros.
The indictment lists that the accused forged the signatures of authorized-signatories from CRA BiH on the orders, and then certified the orders with an official stamp.In the above manner, the accused illegally withdrew and appropriated money in the total amount of EUR 34,440.00 (BAM 67,358.79) as alleged advance payments for official trips of employees of CRA BiH, which she then did not deposit in the foreign currency treasury of the Communications Regulatory Agency of BiH but kept it for herself, and submitted falsified data to the institution’s accounting department in order to conceal the actual balance in the foreign currency account.
The accused is charged with having, as an official in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the aim of obtaining illegal property gain, submitted false calculations, i.e. false orders for payments, thereby committing the extended criminal offense - Fraud in Office under Article 222, paragraph 3 in conjunction with paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The indictment was forwarded to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina 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).