The police filed four criminal charges against seven individuals and four legal entities for abuse of official position, fraud in carrying out economic activities, and forgery of documents.
Minister of Interior Danilo Šaranović announced that one criminal report included two former and one active police officer for abuse of official position.
"Achieving full integrity of the police service and a decisive fight against all forms of crime are the absolute priority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs," Šaranović wrote on the X network.
The Police Directorate announced that criminal charges have been filed with the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Kolašin against MV (52), VM (60) and BK (63) on suspicion of committing the criminal offense of abuse of official position.
"It is suspected that MV, in his capacity as the then Head of the Kolašin Security Department, VM, in his capacity as the then Commander of the Kolašin Police Station, and BK, in his capacity as the then Head of the Security Sector in the Kolašin Security Department, by abusing their official position, contrary to the provisions of Article 3 of the Rulebook on Determining the Suitability of Persons for Performing Police Work, in October 2020, by making a false report, enabled a person from Kolašin to enroll and then complete his education at the Police Academy in Danilovgrad, even though this person did not meet the special conditions prescribed in Article 7 of the Rulebook on Recruitment and Selection of Candidates, thereby causing damage to the budget of Montenegro in the amount of at least 16.000 euros," the police announced.
Three more criminal charges were filed with the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Bijelo Polje on suspicion that four natural persons and three legal entities committed the criminal offenses of fraud in the performance of economic activities for an extended period and the criminal offense of forgery of documents for an extended period.
The first criminal complaint was filed against the legal entity "DL" from Bijelo Polje and the responsible persons in the company: MB (35), SL (78) and BM (46).
"They, as suspected, acting in their own name and for their own account, as well as in the name and for the account of the suspected legal entity "DL" doo Bijelo Polje, namely MB as the founder, SL as the executive director, and BM as the accountant of this legal entity, continuously during 2023 and 2024, in order to acquire unlawful material gain, for themselves and this legal entity, submitted to the Employment Agency of Montenegro - Professional Rehabilitation Fund, falsified bank statements on allegedly paid personal income for four employees, so that they could transfer funds from the account of the Main State Treasury to the account of the reported legal entity under the name of subsidies for persons with disabilities, even though the reported legal entity, as well as the four fictitious employees, did not perform any economic activity, whereby the reported persons obtained unlawful material gain in the total amount of 74.392 euros, to the detriment of the budget of Montenegro."
The second criminal complaint was filed against the legal entity "ME ME" from Bijelo Polje and the responsible person in the company BM(46).
"It is suspected that BM, acting in his own name and for his own account, as well as in the name and for the account of the legal entity "ME ME" doo Bijelo Polje, in his capacity as executive director, continuously during 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in order to acquire unlawful material gain for himself and the reported legal entity, submitted to the Employment Agency of Montenegro - Professional Rehabilitation Fund, falsified bank statements on allegedly paid personal income for five employees, so that they could transfer funds from the account of the Main State Treasury to the account of the reported legal entity under the name of subsidies for persons with disabilities, even though the fictitiously employed persons did not perform economic activity, thereby achieving unlawful material gain for himself and the reported legal entity in the total amount of 142.654 euros, to the detriment of the budget of Montenegro," the police announced.
The third criminal complaint was filed against the legal entity "CM" from Bijelo Polje and the responsible persons in the company MM (43) and BM (46).
"In the process leading up to the filing of the criminal report, the police came to suspect that the aforementioned persons committed the criminal offense they are charged with by acting in their own name and for their own account, as well as in the name and for the account of the reported legal entity "C M." doo Bijelo Polje, namely MM in the capacity of founder and executive director, and BM as the accountant of the reported legal entity, continuously during 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in order to acquire unlawful material gain, for themselves and the reported legal entity, submitted to the Employment Service of Montenegro - Professional Rehabilitation Fund, falsified bank statements on allegedly paid personal income for four employees, so that they could transfer funds from the account of the Main State Treasury to the account of the suspected legal entity under the name of subsidies for persons with disabilities, even though that legal entity, as well as the four fictitious employees, did not perform any economic activity, thereby realizing unlawful material gain in the total amount of 95.216 euros, to the direct detriment of the budget of Montenegro," the police announced.
It is added that the total material damage caused to the budget of Montenegro by the described criminal acts is at least 328.263 euros.
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