The Herceg Novi police have solved four economic crime cases – three fraud cases and one document forgery case. Criminal charges have been filed against the suspects.
A criminal complaint was filed against Budvanka E. Č. (48) with the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Herceg Novi on suspicion that she committed the criminal offense of fraud to the detriment of an injured party residing in Herceg Novi.
"The forensic analysis suggests that E. Č. misled the injured party by falsely presenting facts, on the basis of which he and his wife handed her almost 11.000 euros, which amount she had illegally obtained for herself. Namely, as is suspected, the suspect E. Č., having information that the injured party was in a legal dispute with a third party regarding ownership of an apartment in Budva with an area of 92 m2, falsely presented herself to the injured party as a person who knew the legal procedures regarding property disputes, while also claiming to know experts in this field, convincing him that she could help him in terms of speeding up the resolution of a court dispute in his favor, which the injured party had been in with one person for many years, and on that basis she demanded 10.000 euros from him, which the injured party handed her. In addition to the above, E. Č. managed to convince the injured party to additionally hand over 754,85 euros, for the alleged postponement of the public sale of the apartment in question, which money was subsequently paid to her by the injured party's wife. With these actions, she is suspected of causing damage to two injured parties for a total amount of 10.754,85 euros," the Police Directorate announced.
Criminal charges were also filed against A. Đ (38), a citizen of Kosovo residing in Tivat, on suspicion that he committed the criminal offense of fraud in Herceg Novi, to the detriment of a citizen of Sweden residing in that city.
"It is suspected that the suspect A. Đ. misled the injured party that he would perform the work for which the injured party hired him, and for which a legally valid document – a contract was drawn up. The suspect A. Đ., pursuant to the contract signed by the two of them, was responsible for removing the old and installing new ceramics and insulation on the injured party's swimming pool in the Luštica settlement on a "turnkey" basis. Based on the contract, the injured party was obliged to pay the suspect a total of 5.000 euros for the said work, and therefore the injured party handed him 2.500 euros, while the agreement was that the second part of the money would be paid to the suspect after he completed the said work. The suspect A. Đ. did not perform the work that he was obliged to perform, and he kept the injured party in the delusion that he would still do the job with false promises. "It is suspected that he thereby caused damage to the injured party's property and obtained unlawful material gain for himself in the amount of 2.500 euros," the police added.
The Herceg Novi police filed a criminal complaint with the ODT against IK (44) from Podgorica, on suspicion that he committed the criminal offense of fraud to the detriment of a person from Herceg Novi.
"It is suspected that IK approached the injured party in the Bijela neighborhood, while this person was moving from the pharmacy to his apartment, and that by falsely presenting the facts - that he was his relative - he misled him and led him to hand over 700 euros, allegedly on loan, to the detriment of his property, in the injured party's apartment with which he returned to his house, which, as he told the injured party, was part of the money he needed to buy a vehicle for himself. It is suspected that the suspect told him that he would return the money to him on the same day, which he did not do until the day the injured party filed a report with the Police. A criminal complaint against IK was filed with the acting prosecutor in the regular procedure. The suspect IK has in the meantime been deprived of liberty for the same criminal offense - fraud in an extended period and is now, in accordance with the detention ordered for this criminal offense, in the UIKS Spuž," the police said.
The police in Herceg Novi have also filed a criminal complaint against a Russian citizen, IZ (37), residing in Sutomore, on suspicion of committing the criminal offense of forging a document.
"He is suspected of having made a false document and presenting it as genuine by unauthorizedly stamping the company's stamp - the vehicle technical inspection station - on the vehicle registration certificate for his vehicle, which was issued by Poland, during a technical inspection, in the section provided for that purpose in the registration certificate, and then attempting to present the altered document as genuine, using it to mislead police officers that his vehicle was registered, which was not true. Additional checks through Interpol determined that Poland's positive legal regulations in the field of traffic safety stipulate that a vehicle registered and registered on its territory must be registered exclusively in this country, and that they do not recognize registration or any form of temporary recognition of the registration document of such a vehicle abroad," the statement reads.
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