The banker from the international warrant - Duško Knežević, was accused of forming a criminal organization at the end of 2008 that operated until the end of 2017 and damaged the company "Global Karbon" for less than 2.000.000 euros.
According to the indictment of special prosecutor Lidija Vukčević, the members of that criminal group were Predrag Dašić, Zoran Nikolić, Brankica Bašović, Biljana Bašović and Đorđe Đurđić, who pleaded guilty.
They are accused of damaging the company "Global Karbon", and of obtaining illegal benefits of 1.942.000. 2008 euros. According to the indictment of prosecutor Vukčević, the defendants intentionally incited Biljana Bašović, the executive director of "Global Karbon", a company founded by Invest banka Montenegro, with the intention of obtaining illegal property benefits. Knežević is accused of making a decision in December XNUMX to transfer one million euros from the "Global Karbon" account at IBM Bank, paid by the founder, to the account of the non-resident legal entity "Mega Gulf Investments Holdings Limited" at Atlas Bank in Moscow. That money was used to close the loan that the legal entity had with Atlas Bank in Moscow, whose repayment period had expired.
According to the prosecutor's files, Oson's money transfer was a contract on the alleged purchase and sale of carbon credits, which will not happen...
It was explained that it was agreed that "Mega Gulf" would allegedly buy carbon credits in the name and on behalf of "Global Karbon", and the money transfer order was completed by Brankica Bašović, who certified it with her signature and transferred the funds.
The indictment also mentions the loans arranged by Knežević, when, in order to realize the criminal plan, he made the decision that IBM Bank would lend half a million euros to the company "Global Karbon", which will use the deposit from the founding role as a means of securing the repayment of the debt. This was done without the decision of the founder - IBM Bank.
In August 2009, according to the indictment, Knežević made the decision that IBM Bank would grant loans of 200.000 and 300.000 euros to the companies he founded - "Fin Invest" and "Atlas Grupa", and that the means of securing the repayment of the loan would be a deposit "Global Carbon" in the amount of 500.000 euros.
In January of that year, he made the decision to credit IBM with half a million euros to the company "Global Karbon"...
In the explanation of the indictment, it is written that the defendant Predrag Dašić, in his defense before the special state prosecution, said that Duško Knežević in December 2008 at a meeting attended by Manolina Bašović from "Atlas Mont Bank", representatives of Atlas Mont Fund, "Fin Invest" and the company " Atlas Group", proposed that IBM Bank form a company that will deal with the trading of emission rights, which everyone supported.
That defendant said that he did not agree with the fact that the bank of which he was acting director at the time engaged in such investment activities, but he accepted the decision of the majority. He stated that he did not make any decision regarding the establishment of the company "Global Karbon" as the acting director of IBM Bank, because the decision on the establishment was made by the Board of Directors, which also made the founding act, and authorized him to implement their decisions.
The decision of the Board of Directors determined the founding contribution of 2.000.000 euros. The special prosecutor reasoned that from the business and financial documents, the defense of the defendants and the witness testimony of Đurđić's collaborator, it follows that Knežević formed the criminal organization during 2008.
Đurđić admitted to the prosecutors, and later in the High Court, that he was in charge of the affairs of the authorized representative of the legal entities owned by Knežević and that he concluded fictitious contracts for the purchase of carbon credits.
It follows from Đurđić's testimony that it was Knežević who made the decision to transfer a million euros from the "Global Karbon" account to the "Mega Gulf" account. Đurđić also said that Knežević gave him a copy of the contract that he should sign with Biljana Bašović, but also that the escaped banker was very nervous about transferring the funds as soon as possible:
"Because there was a delay in returning the loan, and Atlas Bank in Moscow, which was owned by Atlas Bank AD Podgorica, could have problems with the regulator in Moscow due to the drop in liquidity."
Đurđić also admitted that he carried out Knežević's orders without question, but also that they knew that the contract on the alleged purchase of carbon credits only served as a cover for the transfer of funds.
"Which is confirmed by the fact that after just a few months, on the order of Duško Knežević, he concluded an agreement with Biljana Bašović on the termination of this contract for a period of even five years, which extends the deadline for returning the amount of 1.000.000 euros".
Đurđić said that Knežević was the author for all of them in the Atlas group, which operated a large number of legal entities that were mostly owned by the escaped banker, that he made all the decisions and that he was aware that he was undertaking criminal activities with the other defendants. actions.
He also admitted that on Knežević's order he became an authorized representative of "Mega Gulf", which was engaged in the purchase of carbon credits, that the founders were foreigners, but that the actual owner was Duško Knežević.
He explained that Knežević had already worked out a scheme for the purchase of carbon credits with certain companies and that all the defendants had to act according to his instructions and orders in connection with any legal business, because he made all the decisions.
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