Ministry of Interior: Two persons arrested for money laundering, property gain of 17 million dinars

The arrested L.V. (58), the responsible person of the company "Manolita Star" from Senta, is suspected of having committed a criminal offense under Article 136 of the Law on Banks, as well as money laundering, while S.Ž. (53) an employee of that company is suspected of assisting in these crimes, the MIA announced.

As stated, L.V. is suspected of concluding a total of 1,265 loan agreements with various natural persons from January 2015 to April 2025, on the basis of which a commission of 10 percent was charged from the person when concluding the contract, and if the person did not return the borrowed money, Annexes to the loan agreement were concluded, where a commission of 10 percent was again charged.

In this way, commissions were charged until the entire loaned amount was returned, and in all these actions, as is suspected, he was assisted by S.Ž. which prepared the documentation. In this way, L.V. engaged in granting loans without the permission of the National Bank of Serbia, and the largest part of the income of "Manolita Star" was realized in this way.

The suspect obtained property benefits for "Manolita Star" in the total amount of 17,521,803 dinars. According to reports, he used that money by using part of the commissions in the amount of 1,260,404 dinars to pay contributions for mandatory social insurance for himself as the founder and legal representative of "Manolita Star", as well as for the payment of gross salary to the employee S.Ž. in the total amount of 5,004,513 dinars.

The suspect used the remaining amount of RSD 11,256,885 by paying out new loans to individuals. The suspects were detained for up to 48 hours and they will be brought to the competent prosecutor's office along with a criminal report.