INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST MLAĐEN KEKEROVIĆ (1968) FOR CUSTOMS FRAUD. BIH BUDGET DAMAGES AMOUNT TO BAM 32 000.

The Prosecutor, Head of the Section for Economic Crime in the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption within the Prosecutor's Office of BiH issued an indictment against Mlađen Kekerović - born on February 15, 1968 in Kotor Varoš, residing in Laktaši, citizen of BiH and Serbia, currently in custody.

The accused Kekerović is charged with having, as a responsible person authorized to represent the legal person - importer and duty payer company "MB Kekerović" d.o.o. /LLC/Trn-Laktaši, submitted a false invoice on September 29, 2009 to the customs authority in customs office Gradiška, which indicated value that was more than 6 times less than the actual net value of imported goods with the intent to evade payment of customs duties and other duties when importing goods.

Subsequent verifications with the competent authorities of the Republic of Turkey established that the false invoice indicated that the value of the goods in the truck i.e. about 17.1 tons of almonds, was in the amount of  17.000 U.S. dollars while the actual value of the goods was approximately 113.000 U.S. dollars.

In this manner, the accused evaded payment of customs duties and VAT in the amount of BAM 32.000 thus causing damages to the budget and citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The accused is charged with the criminal offense of Customs Fraud under Article 216, Paragraph 2 of the CC BiH.

The indictment was forwarded to the Court of BiH for confirmation.

The Prosecutor's Office of BiH continues, together with law enforcement agencies in BiH and abroad, its activities in the fight against economic and financial crime, which are harmful to the budget and therefore all citizens of our country.