Bosnia: Man arrested over USD 384mn fraud

Serbian citizen Krunislav Jovanović (37), wanted by Romanian authorities on suspicion that that he committed fraud worth USD 384mn, was arrested in Bosnia.

Izvor: Tanjug

Wednesday, 27.10.2010.

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Serbian citizen Krunislav Jovanovic (37), wanted by Romanian authorities on suspicion that that he committed fraud worth USD 384mn, was arrested in Bosnia. The suspect will probably be extradited to Bucharest, Bosnian media have reported. Bosnia: Man arrested over USD 384mn fraud Jovanovic is at the top of the Romanian most wanted list and Interpol issued an arrest warrant for him in 2009. He was accidentally discovered in a town of Bosanska Gradiska on Monday after he attempted to withdraw BAM 2mn (about EUR 1mn) from a local bank. Jovanovic brought 170,000 invalid checks of U.S. Security Pacific National Bank (SPNB) to Romania in 2003. He received the checks when he took a loan worth USD 384mn for construction of a business building in Leskovac in the early 1990’s. Jovanovic’s firm soon went under and the U.S. bank went bankrupt in 1996, but he decided to cash the checks in Romania. The fraud was discovered in 2006, Hina news agency has reported. The suspect had accomplices who acted as endorsers for loans he never paid back. Among his accomplices were two former officers of the Romanian Intelligence Service, two police officers and two Serbian entrepreneurs. The Romanian members of the criminal group were arrested after the fraud had been discovered while Jovanovic managed to escape. The information shows that he has lived in Bosanska Gradiska for the past two months. Since he does not have Bosnia-Herzegovina’s citizenship, a competent court will decide on Romania’s extradition request.

Bosnia: Man arrested over USD 384mn fraud

Jovanović is at the top of the Romanian most wanted list and Interpol issued an arrest warrant for him in 2009.

He was accidentally discovered in a town of Bosanska Gradiška on Monday after he attempted to withdraw BAM 2mn (about EUR 1mn) from a local bank.

Jovanović brought 170,000 invalid checks of U.S. Security Pacific National Bank (SPNB) to Romania in 2003. He received the checks when he took a loan worth USD 384mn for construction of a business building in Leskovac in the early 1990’s.

Jovanović’s firm soon went under and the U.S. bank went bankrupt in 1996, but he decided to cash the checks in Romania.

The fraud was discovered in 2006, Hina news agency has reported.

The suspect had accomplices who acted as endorsers for loans he never paid back.

Among his accomplices were two former officers of the Romanian Intelligence Service, two police officers and two Serbian entrepreneurs.

The Romanian members of the criminal group were arrested after the fraud had been discovered while Jovanović managed to escape.

The information shows that he has lived in Bosanska Gradiška for the past two months.

Since he does not have Bosnia-Herzegovina’s citizenship, a competent court will decide on Romania’s extradition request.

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