INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR TAX EVASION; DAMAGE TO THE BUDGET OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA CAUSED IN THE AMOUNT OF BAM 99,294.32

Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organised Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has issued an Indictment against the following persons:

-      BRANISLAV GALIĆ, born in 1974 in Zenica, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia, and

-      LEGAL PERSON of Branex d.o.o. /Limited Liability Company/ from Busovača, which founder and Director is Branislav Galić.

The Indictment alleges that Branislav Galić, as a Director and a responsible person without restriction of authority within the registered activity of the legal person of Branex d.o.o. /Limited Liability Company/ from Busovača, committed VAT evasion in the period from October to December of 2009, in the total amount of BAM 99,294.32, which is the amount of damage to the budget of Bosnia and Herzegovina.   

The accused Galić is charged with acquiring documentation with false content, or with showing and calculating in his official accounting records false entries of goods and accompanying false documentation from the alleged supplier -VAT payer, although such purchase never occurred in reality; thus, he unlawfully and groundlessly presented and acquired deduction of the input tax, whereby he directly damaged the budget of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The legal person Branex d.o.o. from Busovača is charged with disposing of unlawfully acquired property gain, which was acquired by Branislav Galić, in the name of, for the account of, and for the benefit of this legal person.

The aforementioned accused persons are charged with the commission of the following: Branislav Galić is charged with the commission of the criminal offence of Tax Evasion, as referred to in Article 210, Paragraph 2 in conjunction with Paragraph 1 and Article 54 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whereas the legal person of Branex d.o.o. /Limited Liability Company/ from Busovača is charged with the commission of the criminal offence of Tax Evasion, as referred to in Article 210, Paragraph 2 in conjunction with Paragraph 1 and Article 54 and Article 124 of the same Code.

The Indictment has been forwarded to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina for confirmation.