Polish citizen Roman Zimian, one of the founders and owners of the "FutureNet" fund, denied before the investigating judge of the High Court in Podgorica that he had committed any criminal offense charged against him in the international warrants.
This was confirmed for "Vijesti" by his legal representatives, lawyers Branislav and Vuk Lutovac, stating that Ziemian stated that "his company deals exclusively with legal business".
He also categorically denied that he had committed criminal acts of fraud, money laundering and theft, as stated in the warrants of NSB Interpol Warsaw Poland and NSB Seoul South Korea. He noted that he has never been to South Korea, which is looking for him, which is easy to check with the competent authorities of that country, as well as that he has neither legal nor actual contact with the acts for which he is suspected," the lawyers state.
Legal representatives, Branislav and Vuk Lutovac, filed today an appeal to the criminal panel of the High Court against the decision on extradition custody, which was imposed on the Polish citizen after he was arrested in Podgorica on Sunday.
Zimian's lawyers claim that in the further course of the proceedings "they will prove beyond doubt that all the accusations are fabricated, and that the requests for the Poles' extradition are completely unfounded".
The police announced that they arrested Zimian in the Master quarter in Podgirica, where he was hiding under a false identity.
"After the identity of the person was confirmed in communication with foreign partners, searches were carried out at the location where the wanted person was staying, during which the officers of the Sector for the fight against crime - Group for high-tech crime and the Regional Security Center "Centar" found and seized technical devices and items that are suspected of stemming from a criminal offense and which have been temporarily confiscated until the end of the extradition procedure," reads the UP announcement.
The citizen of Poland, according to the media, is allegedly one of the most wanted persons for whom an international Interpol warrant has been issued.
Zimian is suspected of criminal offenses in the field of economic crime, serious fraud on a larger scale, money laundering, theft and violation of the law.
The Pole is one of the founders and owners of the "Futurenet" fund, which trades in digital and crypto-currencies, and he is accused of damaging a large number of people from Poland and South Korea with his partner SM, causing damage of around 21 million US dollars.
His partner SM was arrested in Greece and then in Albania, while Ziemian was arrested in Italy in 2022, from where, according to the media, he escaped from house arrest.
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