The Prosecutor's Office of BiH issued an indictment for the criminal offense of Counterfeiting of Money under Article 205 of the Criminal Code of BiH.
The Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption within the Prosecutor's Office of BiH issued an indictment against three citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
- M.Ć., born on April 20, 1991 in Bihać, residing in the municipality of Velika Kladuša, with prior convictions,
- R.P., born on January 10, 1992 in Bihać, residing in Velika Kladuša and
- A.B., born on December 9, 1986 in Bihać, residing in the municipality of Velika Kladuša.
The accused are charged with the following: during the period from January 9, 2013 to January 14, 2013, after the accused M.Č. obtained several counterfeited banknotes in an unspecified manner with the aim of bringing them into circulation as genuine, even though he knew they were counterfeits, he gave sixteen counterfeit banknotes in denominations of fifty BAM to the accused R.P. He in return put seven of those counterfeits with the assistance of A.B. into circulation even though they both knew that the banknotes were counterfeits.
As the indictment alleges, the accused R.P. has on January 9, 2013 put one bill into circulation in one trade shop in Velika Kladuša, and six bills in one games parlor in Velika Kladuša, while the remaining nine counterfeits in denominations of fifty BAM, were found and seized from the suspect R.P.
The accused are alleged to have obtained counterfeit money with the aim of putting it into circulation as genuine, thereby committing the criminal offense of Counterfeiting of Money under Article 205, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of BiH.
The indictment was forwarded to the Court of BiH for confirmation.