DAMAGE IN THE AMOUNT OF MORE THAN BAM 56 MILLION CAUSED TO THE BANK BY AN ORGANISED CRIMINAL GROUP
| Banja Luka | Friday, 20/11/2015
Police officers from the Crime Police Administration of the Republic of Srpska Ministry of the Interior submitted a report to the Special Prosecutor’s Office, on the committed criminal offence against 21 persons, 11 of which are citizens of the Republic of Lithuania and 10 of which are citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
There are grounds for suspicion that one person committed a criminal offence “Organized crime” according to the Republic of Srpska Criminal Code, Article 383a, paragraph 3. In addition, together with 11 persons, the person also committed a criminal offence “Organized crime”, according to the Republic of Srpska Criminal Code, Article 383a, paragraph 1, related to repeated criminal offence “Abuse of Office or Official Authority”, according to the Republic of Srpska Criminal Code, Article 347, paragraphs 3 and 4. Furthermore, there are grounds for suspicion that the other 9 persons committed a criminal offence “Organized crime” according to the Republic of Srpska Criminal Code, Article 383a, paragraph 4, related to the criminal offence “Abuse of Office or Official Authority”, according to the Republic of Srpska Criminal Code, Article 347, paragraphs 3 and 4, related to the Republic of Srpska Criminal Code, Article 23, “Accomplices”.
The prime suspect, a person whose initials are E. N., as the liable person of the JSC Balkan Investment Bank from Banja Luka, which is now called “Banka Srpske”, from Banja Luka, committed the criminal offence by organising a criminal group whose leader he was, and which consisted of 21 persons. Their aim was gaining illegal profit for 4 companies from the Republic of Srpska, whose founder was “Balkan Investment Bank”, and for one company from abroad connected to them.
Namely, every member of the group performed their tasks and consciously abused their official authority by breaking the law and by-laws. The members of the organised group severely broke the Law on Banks of the Republic of Srpska, Articles 84 and 86. They performed this act with knowledge that the loan officer of the bank did not allow raising a loan without identification and ensurance that there is a source of finance that would provide the payment of the loan. In this way, 5 companies were enabled to raise several loans and gain illegal profit in the amount of of BAM 56,663,057.21. This is the amount of money which represents the damage which the JSC “Balkan Investment Bank” from Banja Luka suffered.
