Minister of Defense Olivera Injac submitted a criminal complaint to the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) for illegal spending of money during the mandate of her predecessor Predrag Bošković, by which the former minister and his associates at the time Mihail Volkov i Alma Ljuljanaj Jovićević suspects that they damaged the budget by around 32.000 euros with fictitious orders through a travel agency.
They allegedly used fake orders through the agency to pay for seminars that were never held, and they were during the epidemic period, that is, after the parliamentary elections in which the party whose officials are DPS was left without a majority to form the Government.
In the application to the SDT, the suspicion is expressed that the money paid to the agency was subsequently divided among themselves by the "criminal group" and that it was about payments of 4.000, 5.000 and 6.000 euros each. Allegedly, they had an accomplice in the Ministry, but also in the agency.
The Prosecutor's Office did not answer whether the SDT opened an investigation on this occasion or rejected the report. The Ministry of Defense explained that they do not have any information about the fate of the report they submitted, and the DPS, whose officials are under suspicion, did not respond.
Bošković is a member of the Presidency, and Volkov and Ljuljanaj Jovićević are members of the Main Board.
The former director of the Directorate for Human Resources of the MoD, Mihailo Volkov, now a lawyer, told "Vijesta" that he did not give a statement to the SDT and the claims in the application are not true. "This is a notorious stupidity and an attempt to discredit me and my associates by Olivera Injac. I did not make any statements in this regard," he said yesterday.
In the application to SDT, it is described that 4,500 euros were paid to the agency - whose name is known to Vijesti, on behalf of the organization of a seminar in a hotel in Podgorica from July 27 to 30 last year. Volkov received the bill on August 6, 2020, and then instructed the finance department to pay it. That order was filed on September 17 last year.
The head of that service at the time Marko Drobnjak, whose name is also mentioned in the application, acting on the order of the minister on September 16, 2020, paid 23 euros to the agency for the alleged seminar on July 24 and 5.000 in a hotel in Budva. On that occasion, he personally certified the statement that the account concerns the needs of employees in the financial sector of the MoD.
About 6.000 euros were paid to the same agency "for the needs of accommodation in Montenegro" on November 5, 2020.
On September 17, the former director of the Directorate for Material Resources of the MoD, Alma Ljuljanaj Jovićević, issued an order for the payment of 5.000 euros to the same agency for a seminar in Budva, and signed that it was for the needs of the employees of that directorate.
She also certified a statement for the payment of around 6 euros for accommodation in Montenegro, based on the agency's estimate from October 000.
There is no published information on the Ministry's website or in the media about the MoD seminars on July 23 and 24 and July 27-30 last year in the hotels mentioned in the application.
The Ministry of Defense informed SDT that after checking the accounts, it was found that they are not in accordance with the contract that was previously concluded with the agency, which states that the agency performed all services at the request of the Ministry of Defense. That is not the case here.
Also, it is disputed that the agency's invoices do not contain the name of the employee and the number of his ID card - which was an obligation and practice.
The Ministry was also suspicious that the seminars were held during the pandemic, when, as they explained, their employees were on vacation and when all gatherings were avoided.
Also, the second period to which the invoices refer was after the parliamentary elections, when it was clear that the minister and his associates would be replaced.
After the change of government, the MoD thoroughly checked the contracts and finances of its predecessor, and assigned experts to do so. The minister spoke about some suspicious arrangements earlier at the Security Committee of the Assembly, when she also announced reports to the Prosecutor's Office.
The news sent the DPS, whose officials are under suspicion, the following questions: "Was the member of the GO DPS, Alma Ljuljanaj Jovićević, informed that the Ministry of Defense filed a criminal complaint against her with the SDT due to the suspicion that - while she was performing her duties general director of the Directorate for Material Resources in the Ministry - by unlawfully using his official position and authority, and by exceeding the limits of his official authority, the company Lovćen Auto DOO Podgorica obtained a financial benefit".
"Was Ljuljanaj Jovićević heard on this occasion, does she think that she violated the law in this particular case", was also a question sent by email.
"Were the DPS members Predrag Bošković (President), Mihailo Volkov (GO) and Alma Ljuljanaj Jovićević (GO) informed that the Ministry of Defense filed a criminal complaint against them with the SDT and the Podgorica ODT on suspicion that - while were employees of the Ministry - damaged the budget of the Ministry through fictitious accounts issued by the agency. Has anyone heard Bošković, Volkov and Ljuljanaj Jovićević because of the criminal complaint of the Ministry of Defense? Do Bošković, Volkov and Ljuljanaj Jovićević think they broke the law in this case?", questions were sent to the DPS press service.
In ODT and application for vehicle registration and green cards
The report against three former officials of the Ministry of Defense and the head of accounting, as well as unknown persons from the agency, was also submitted to the Basic Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica for fraud. It also concerns fictitious accounts.
In ODT Podgorica, according to information from Vijesti, there is another report against Alma Ljuljanaj Jovićević. She is suspected of obtaining material benefits from an insurance company of around 2.600 euros at the expense of the Ministry of Defense. She allegedly gave an order for the registration of nine MoD vehicles and the issuance of green cards for four, although the contract with that company from 2018 does not provide for the registration of those vehicles, nor the acquisition of green cards.
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