More than 30 people were under investigation due to the suspicion that they had been extracting money from companies through phantom companies for years. Among the companies that used their services are "Tončev grup" and "Tončev gradnja", against whose responsible persons criminal charges were filed.
By order of the Special Department for Combating Corruption of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs arrested are 18 responsible persons of several companies because of doubt that in the previous period they withdrew money from the accounts of their companies through other companies through simulated transactions, which they then withdrew and returned with a commission in the amount of five to 10 percent.
It is stated that eight persons are currently "not accessible to the judicial authorities", and that searches will be launched for them.
"Criminal charges in the regular procedure will be filed against five more persons, one of whom is already in prison serving a sentence, and one is in custody in another case," according to the announcement of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade.
J. Č, D. A, V. S, B. Č, B. T, D. S, A. S, A. S, M. R, Z. V, I. P, Đ. were arrested. R, Z. B, Lj. I, S. Š, M. O, DBK and VK
A total of 31 persons are included in the order for the investigation, and all of them are charged with the criminal offense of money laundering.
How was money laundered?
"There are grounds for suspicion that J. Č, D. A, V. S, M. T, A. S, B. Č B. T, A. S, DS and four other persons who are currently unavailable, in the period from September 15, 2021 to July 26, 2023, as a group, concealed and falsely presented the facts about property with the knowledge that it originated from criminal activity. That is how they acquired, held and used that property, the amount of which exceeds one million and five hundred thousand dinars", the press release of VJT points out.
It is emphasized that D. A, J. Č. and another person who has not been arrested at this moment, as the organizers of the group, devised a plan of action so that other suspects and members of the group take over already existing companies, namely "MPTA Sunapsa doo", "Central Logistic System", "Grafomill doo", "Timing doo", "Otis Pedeseb" and "Flexibilnost doo". Then, as it is stated, as the responsible persons of those companies, they authenticated business documentation with untrue content.
"Invoices and dispatch notes in which the turnover of goods, performance of works and services between the aforementioned companies under the control of the group and the companies using the services of the group were untruthfully shown. These companies were previously found by the suspects DK and D.A, so based on the invoices and delivery notes created and certified, the companies, that is, the legal representatives, made payments to the accounts of the companies under the control of the group," the statement concludes.
It is explained that the members of the group then withdrew those funds in cash and handed them over to the organizers who personally - or through the members of the groups - returned the money to the responsible persons of the companies that paid the money, while keeping for themselves and for the members of the group a commission in the amount of five to 10 percent of the money paid.
Criminal complaint against the responsible persons of the companies "Tončev grup" and "Tončev gradnja" from Niš
As previously announced by RTS, the UKP, by order of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, filed criminal charges against the responsible persons of the companies "Elektrolux" from Niš, Tončev grup doo" from Niš and "Tončev gradnja doo", as well as a large number of other companies for the criminal offense of money laundering.
RTS learns that those responsible persons were not arrested, but that they were prosecuted, and that they were suspected of using the services of phantom companies for money laundering and thus extracting money on which they did not pay taxes.
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