Police officers have filed criminal charges against three companies from Bijelo Polje and the responsible persons in them, on suspicion that they fictitiously employed persons with disabilities (PWDs) in order to exercise their rights to subsidies from the Employment Agency (ZZZ).
As announced by the Police Directorate, a criminal complaint has been filed with the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Bijelo Polje against the accounting agency "CF" and the executive director of BM (46) on suspicion of committing the criminal offenses of fraud in the performance of economic activities, forgery of documents and false balance sheets.
"It is suspected that BM, continuously from 2019 until this year, submitted to the ZZZ - Professional Rehabilitation Fund, falsified bank statements on allegedly paid personal income for five employed persons, so that money could be transferred from the account of the Main State Treasury for subsidies for the disabled, even though the fictitious employees did not perform any economic activity," the statement states.
It is added that BM prepared false annual financial reports in order to conceal financial profits, thereby achieving illegal material gain for himself and the legal entity in the total amount of 183.970 euros, to the detriment of the budget of Montenegro.
The police said that a second criminal complaint was filed against the legal entity "KS", executive director Lj.K. (46) and accountant BM (44), on suspicion of committing the criminal offenses of fraud in the performance of economic activities and forgery of documents, both of an extended duration.
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As they said, it is suspected that these individuals, continuously during 2022, 2023 and 2024, submitted falsified bank statements to the Professional Rehabilitation Fund regarding the allegedly paid personal incomes for three employees, so that money could be transferred to them from the account of the Main State Treasury for subsidies for the disabled.
"The reported legal entity, as well as three fictitious employees, did not perform any economic activity, which resulted in the reported persons achieving unlawful material gain in the total amount of 108.362 euros, to the detriment of the budget of Montenegro," the statement states.
The third criminal complaint, it is added, was filed against the Bijelo Polje-based company "LC", executive director SR (40) from Podgorica and accountant BM (44) from Bijelo Polje, on suspicion that they also submitted to the Fund falsified bank statements on allegedly paid personal income for three fictitious employees.
The statement states that, in the name of subsidies for people with disabilities, the suspects made an illegal material gain of 60.870 euros, to the detriment of the Montenegrin budget.
The Police Directorate said that during the inspection it was determined that the sole purpose of establishing the companies "KS" and "LC" was to fictitiously employ people with disabilities and exercise the right to subsidies from the Employment Agency, but not on the basis of performing economic activities, but on the basis of fictitious jobs.
"In relation to the illegal actions of the suspects, based on the illegal payment of subsidies for a total of 11 disabled people, material damage in the total amount of EUR 353.203 was caused to the budget of Montenegro," the statement states.
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