The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR CRIMINAL OFFENCE OF COUNTERFEITING OF MONEY
19.10.2020. 08:55
- Medaris Begović, born in 1991 in Sarajevo, a citizen of BiH.
The accused is charged that in September 2018, after coming into possession of a large quantity of counterfeit banknotes in denominations of BAM 20 KM each, in a manner known to him, with the intention of placing them on the market, he tried to place the counterfeit money in circulation in business-sales facilities in the area of the Municipality of Pale.
The accused put one counterfeit banknote into circulation when paying a bill at a petrol station, left the premises and took M19 road Han Derventa-Podromanija. At the moment he was stopped by police officers of the PS Sokolac, the accused threw the counterfeit banknotes through the window of the car he operated.
The accused is charged with the criminal offence of Counterfeiting of Money under Article 205, (1) and (2) 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).
