INDICTMENT ISSUED AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE OF THE BIH MINISTRY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND REFUGEES FOR EMBEZZLEMENT IN OFFICE

A Prosecutor of Department III within the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH issued an indictment against the following person:

-   Aida Džihanić, born on August 11, 1968 in Sarajevo, residing in Sarajevo, BiH citizen.

The accused is charged with having, while acting as an employee of the Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees of BiH in the position of a clerk specialist for accounting tasks in the Finance Department, misappropriated the money that was officially entrusted to her in the amount of BAM 24.000.00 with the aim of acquiring unlawful profit.

She is charged with having, while acting as a clerk specialist for accounting operations, cashed checks in the bank without listing cash entries in the cash disbursement journal and thus kept the money for herself. By doing so the accused acquired property gain in the amount of BAM 24.000.00 and caused damages to the budget of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The accused is charged with having committed a continued criminal offense of Embezzlement in Office under Article 221, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of BiH in conjunction with Article 54 of the same Code.

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