The prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption filed an indictment against Željko Kukobat, born in 1962 in Glamoč, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia; Momirka Jamedžija, born in 1960 in Foča, a citizen of BiH and Serbia; Slobodanka Manojlović, born in 1965 in Banja Luka, a citizen of BiH, a professional associate at the Audit and Control Group of Regional Center (RC) Banja Luka at the Indirect Taxation Authority BiH; Lidija Lonačar, born in 1959 in Bužim, a citizen of BiH, professional associate in the Group for Audit and Control of RC Banja Luka of the ITA BiH and Nedim Kulenović, born in 1955 in Banja Luka, a citizen of BiH, former head of the Enforcement Group of RC Banja Luka ITA BiH.
The defendants are charged with several criminal offenses related to tax evasion in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The three accused are officials and responsible persons in the ITA BiH.
The indictment states that the accused Kukobat Željko, as an organizer, and Jamedžija Momirka, as a member of the group, avoided paying value-added tax (VAT) by not providing the required information or by providing false information about the acquired taxable income.
The defendants Slobodanka Manojlović, Lidija Lončar and Nedim Kulenović are charged as members of the group and officials and responsible persons in the institutions of BiH for their actions, violation of the law and failure to supervise, acted negligently in the performance of their duties, for not calculating the tax for the aforementioned legal entity, in which shows their corrupt activity and by what actions they obtained illegal benefits for this legal entity, i.e. its owner Željko Kukobat based on unpaid tax for KM 2,758,558.00 and thereby caused damage to the BiH budget in the stated amount.
The indictment was forwarded to the Court of BiH for confirmation, which confirmed it, the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH announced.
