INDICTMENT FOR HIGH LEVEL CORRUPTION ISSUED AGAINST A FORMER MINISTER IN THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF BIH AND THREE OTHER PERSONS

A Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption issued an indictment against:

 

 

1. Miloš Lučić, born in 1986 in Sarajevo, citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina,

2. Siniša Papaz, AKA "Pape", born in 1988 in Sarajevo, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Serbia

3. Dalibor Šehovac, born in 1986 in Sarajevo, citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina

4. Mirko Ristović, born in 1993 in Pale, citizen of BiH.

The indictment alleges that the accused, former minister of the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees, Miloš Lučić, acted contrary to the provisions that define and regulate the spending and use of monetary and material resources of the Ministry, by falsely presenting the expenses of representation, consumption of food and drinks at the expense of the ministry; by procuring from the accused Siniša Papaz,  a large amount of different fiscal invoices, which had already been paid by guests in catering facilities and falsely presenting them as expenses for the representation of the ministry, or bills for the consumption of food and drinks in various facilities falsely presenting them as expenses incurred for the needs of the ministry he managed.

He is also charged with abuse of resources and the ministry’s official bank card for filling fuel into various vehicles that were not owned by the ministry. Furthermore, the indictment states that the accused Miloš Lučić used the ministry’s official vehicle (Audi A6) to allegedly carry out vehicle maintenance outside of selected and authorized service centers, in which he was assisted by the accused  Dalibor Šehovac and Mirko Ristović, and in this way, presented expenses that did not occur and thus obtained unlawful property gain.   As part of the investigation, more than 100 individual misuses and illegal uses of the ministry’s funds in various amounts were recorded.  

 

The accused Lučić is also charged with misappropriating the funds of the ministry, in the form of electronic equipment (laptop and mobile phone), which he falsely reported as stolen when he was relieved of duty but the items were found during a search of his family home.  

 

The accused Lučić is charged with misappropriation of funds in the amount of BAM 69,269; the accused Papaz assisted him to obtain unlawful property gain in the amount of approximately BAM 15,900.00; the accused Šehovac in the amount of BAM 12,195.00; and Lučić Miloš obtained for the accused Mirko Ristović unlawful property gain in the amount of BAM 2080.00, and by doing so Miloš Lučić caused damages to the BiH Budget in the amount of BAM 69,777.42.  

 

The accused persons are charged with having committed:

 

- Miloš Lučić, criminal offenses Abuse of  Office or Official Authority under Article 220 and Embezzlement In Office under Article 221 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina
-Šiniša Papaz, criminal offense Abuse of Office or Official Authority under Article 220 of the Criminal Code of BiH in conjunction with Article 31.
- Dalibor Šehovac, criminal offense Abuse of Office or Official Authority under Article 220 of the Criminal Code of BiH in conjunction with Article 31.
- Mirko Ristović, criminal offense Abuse of Office or Official Authority under Article 220 of the Criminal Code of BiH in conjunction with Article 31. 

  The BiH Prosecutor’s Office will prove the allegations of the indictment by summoning 120 witnesses, three expert witnesses and submitting more than 400 pieces of evidence.   The indictment was forwarded to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina for confirmatiion.