Businessman Ranko Ubović and his associate, former owner and current member of the Board of Directors of the company "Bemax", Veselin Kovačević, have been ordered to be detained by prosecutors for up to 72 hours.
This was told to "Vijesti" by their defense attorney, lawyer Zoran Piperović.
Ubović and Kovačević were questioned today at the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) after they were arrested this morning on the orders of that prosecutor's office.
The SDT statement states that the Special Police Department (SPO) arrested Ubović and Kovačević due to suspicion that they committed multiple criminal offenses of money laundering:
"And it continues to carry out urgent evidentiary actions in Podgorica, at the order of special prosecutors and in accordance with the decisions of the competent court, with the aim of collecting evidence and traces of criminal offenses. The suspects will be taken for questioning to the Special State Prosecutor's Office within the legal deadline, and after their questioning and the completion of the evidentiary actions being taken, the public will be informed about the initiated procedure," the SDT announced.
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After questioning Ubović, Piperović told the media that Ubović was being charged with the same crime that the recently arrested Vladan Ivanović was charged with.
Ivanovic is also charged with committing the crime of money laundering.
Prosecutors claim that his company "Master Engineering" hid for years that five apartments in the "Master Kvart" in Podgorica were purchased by the fugitive head of the Kavač clan, Radoje Zvicer.
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Piperović told reporters that Ubović was not even asked to comment on the allegations in the criminal complaint.
"He was arrested for something that Vlado Ivanovic was already arrested for. So, now it wasn't Vlado who took the money from Zvicer for five apartments, but Ranko Ubović. I said, considering that you didn't even say anything about Ivanovic, on what basis you claim that, would you help tell me on what basis you claim that Ubović took the money. That remained unanswered," Piperović said.
He said that there was talk of money laundering, and that five apartments "that we discussed in Perla in Budva" were also mentioned.
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"Where did he take one for himself, one Vesko Kovačević, one Zoran Lazović, one Zoran Tomčić, one Aco Mijajlović... It was explained that these were Bemax apartments, which Bemax gives to friends, they use them when they are free, they return the key to the reception and that's it," said Piperović.
The prosecution was also interested in why Ubović's nickname in the Sky correspondence was "tiger", and whether he met with Zvicer in Grahovo and in a restaurant in Podgorica.
Piperović says that if this is all the state knows about Ranko Ubović, then he is "the happiest Montenegrin."
"I just don't know if Dritan Abazović will make baklava, since there are no cigars, no cocaine, no heroin, no murders. I don't know if he will share that baklava with Boris Bogdanović," said Piperović.
He said that one should not rejoice over anyone's misfortune and arrest.
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