Businessman Veselin Pejović and his companies owe 14,1 million euros to the Israeli liquidation administrator Lior Dagan according to previous judgments of the Israeli courts, which Vijesti has access to.
This is the money that was determined in the court proceedings that Pejović or his companies received from Michael David Greenfield, who was convicted in Israel of organizing a Ponzi scheme through which he defrauded more than a thousand investors, mostly from Israel and the United States, for about 200 million euros. American States.
Four verdicts from Israel have become legally binding in that country and their recognition before the Montenegrin courts is ongoing. The Commercial Court previously recognized the main proceedings in Israel in October last year
Dagan was appointed by the Israeli and American courts to freeze, dispose and recover all assets of Greenfield, his companies that are the fruit of the criminal enterprise, in order to return the money to investors and creditors.
Uniprom previously announced that Greenfield was their partner, but that they have not done business since they learned that he participated in fraudulent activities. Pejović challenged the jurisdiction before the courts in Israel.
This debt of Uniprom of 14 million euros may be higher due to the growth of default interest, but also possible new procedures as new transactions of Greenfield with Pejović and the business group Unipro are revealed.
Dagan and his legal team believe that there was a conscious activity by Greenfield and Pejović to hide their tracks and try to legalize part of the money that was taken from investors through fraud and false promises through various contracts on the purchase and sale of companies and shares and investments in projects.
Four verdicts from Israel have become legally binding in that country and their recognition before the Montenegrin courts is underway. The Commercial Court previously recognized the main proceedings in Israel in October last year.
In the meantime, Pejović was part of his companies such as Uniprom and transferred Uniprom metal to his son Stevan Pejović, and Uniprom hotels to his wife Dubravka Pejović. According to data from the Central Registry, Veselin Pejović became the owner of Uniprom Hotel again in December last year. He retook Uniprom and Uniprom metals from his son on June 1 of this year, after Dagan's lawyers requested the introduction of a temporary restraining order.
According to these final judgments, Uniprom hotels are obliged to return to Dagan 500 euros received from Greenfield, as well as 93.600 euros for court costs.
Pejović, as a natural person, according to another court decision, is obliged to return 900 euros to EGFE Hungary, the former Greenfield company that Dagan took over in the meantime, as well as to pay 168 euros for court costs.
According to the third verdict, Pejović is obliged to return 3,8 million euros to Dagan, which it was determined that he received from Greenfield, as well as to pay 711 thousand euros for those court costs.
According to the fourth confirmed verdict, Uniprom hotels are obliged to return 1,2 million euros to Dagan, as well as to pay court costs of 168 thousand euros.
According to the fifth judgment, the procedure for confirming the finality of which is ongoing, Pejović should pay Dagan five million euros, which he received from Greenfield, as well as 541 thousand in interest and 1,03 million in court costs.
Dagan's lawyers in Montenegro submitted several requests to the Montenegrin Israeli courts for the determination of temporary measures to prevent the alienation of property from the Uniprom Group, and after the new judgments entered into force on May 16, they submitted a temporary measure requesting that Pejović be prohibited from alienating and encumbering more real estate and cadastral plots in Broćanac near Nikšić, where the light metal foundry facilities are located.
This measure also calls for a ban on the disposal of shares in Uniprom Hotel, as well as shares in the company "Montenegro Assets Management".
As explained in the draft decision, they are seeking this measure in order to thwart a new attempt to prevent collection. Dogana's lawyers state that during the procedure in Israel, which was conducted for the return of money from Uniprom Hotel from October to January of this year, the hotels "Ziya" in Podgorica and "Budva" in Budva were transferred from Uniprom Hotel to the new company "Montenegro Assets". Management".
They claim that the businessman is obstructing attempts to collect the debt
In the explanation of the temporary measure, lawyer Dagan states that there were several examples of obstruction of debt collection. After the judgments in Israel became final, Pejović transferred a 135-square-meter apartment in Porto Montenegro to his wife, and this change was registered in the cadastre on April 18 of this year.
In the request to the court for a temporary measure, they state that since April 2021, Pejović has been trying to prevent commissioner Dagan from collecting debts and settling creditors - defrauded investors.
They also state that after the initiation of criminal proceedings against Greenfield, Pejović received 1,2 million euros from him, as well as that the day after the decision of the court in Israel, Uniprom took over a share in the company "Mighty Monte Mine", where Greenfield had 80 percent of the ownership. without compensation, which allegedly damaged their creditors by six million euros.
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