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PLEA AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED IN AN ORGANIZED CRIME AND TAX EVASION CASE. SIX MONTHS OF IMPRISONMENT, BAM 10.000 FINE, DISSOLUTION OF THE LEGAL PERSON AND RECOVERY OF ASSETS IN THE AMOUNT OF BAM 151.000 PROPOSED
24.12.2013. 15:05
The following persons entered into plea agreements with the Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crimes and Corruption within the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH:
- Sead Salihbegović aka Sejo, born on September 29, 1961 in Donje Dubrave – Živinice municipality, residing in Kalesija, with prior convictions, citizen of BiH, and
- “GAMADEUS“ d.o.o. Kalesija – legal person registered in the name of Sead Salihbegović.
By virtue of signing the agreements the accused persons fully admitted committing the criminal offenses they were charged with by the indictment of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH issued on May 7, 2012 that was confirmed by the Preliminary Hearing Judge of the Court of BiH on May 15, 2012.
The prosecutor , defense and the accused agree that Sead Salihbegović be sentenced to imprisonment in duration of six (6) months by the Court of BiH and to be additionally fined with BAM 10.000.00 (ten thousand Bosnian Convertible Marks), as well as that the accused legal person “GAMADEUS“ d.o.o. Kalesija be rendered a criminal sanction of Dissolution of the Legal Person under Article 134 of the CC BiH by the Court of BiH.
Pursuant to Articles 110 and 111 of the CC BIH, the accused Salihbegović commits to asset recovery in the total amount of BAM 151.629,73 within a year, which is in fact the amount of ill-gotten gain.
The proposed sentences are in line with the roles of the accused persons in commission of the criminal offenses listed in the indictment in the Case v. Fahrudin Čago et al.
With this agreement the accused persons confirm that they are aware of the content of the indictment issued by the BiH Prosecutor's Office. They also confirm that the plea statements were given voluntarily, knowingly, with full understanding without any coercion or persuasion.
Pursuant to this agreement the aforementioned accused persons have waived their right to a trial and their right to appeal to the criminal sanction that shall be rendered to them by the Court of BiH.
The agreements were submitted to the Court of BiH.
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).
