The police in Pljevlja have lodged criminal charges against the company “Dokument” and its executive director, MD (52), suspected of numerous criminal offenses.

According to the Police Directorate, both “Dokument” and MD face allegations of business position abuse, two counts of document forgery, and falsely certifying contents along with fraud.

MD is suspected of committing these offenses by creating fraudulent documents – single customs declarations for the import of vehicles from 2020 – while serving as a responsible individual in the company during 2021 and 2024, as stated in the report.

It is claimed that she evaded the responsibility to pay value-added tax (VAT) and customs duties amounting to 56,485 euros.

“She used these documents as legitimate, submitting them alongside a vehicle registration request to the regional unit for administrative internal affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP),” the announcement added.

The police disclosed that checks conducted at the Customs Administration in Pljevlja revealed that these customs declarations were not registered, with ten of them featuring the stamp of a Customs Administration employee who retired in 2003.

Furthermore, in December 2020, MD is also suspected of preparing a fraudulent customs declaration for the import of an Audi Q7 vehicle, thereby evading VAT and customs duties, and presenting it as legitimate when applying for vehicle registration to the Ministry of the Interior.

Investigations with the Customs Administration – CI Pljevlja indicated that the import of this vehicle was not documented under the given customs declaration number, but rather the import of parts for another legal entity.

During 2020 and 2021, MD allegedly deceived two vehicle owners by misrepresenting the circumstances.

It is asserted that she coordinated with these individuals for the customs clearance of their vehicles, receiving payment from them for this service, and subsequently issued fraudulent customs declarations to the vehicle owners, thus evading the payment of VAT and customs duties.

“Investigations at the Customs Administration – CI Pljevlja confirmed that the imports of vehicles were not documented under the specified document numbers, but instead, these related to the import of oil and flour for different legal entities,” the statement emphasized.

A graphological analysis showed that the customs officer’s stamp did not match the submitted stamp, indicating that the customs declaration included a stamp from an officer who retired in 2003.

Prior to this, criminal charges were already raised by the Bijelo Polje Security Department against MD and the legal entity “Dokument” with the relevant state prosecutor’s office, suspecting that they had illicitly gained 2021 thousand euros using similar methods in 2022 and 15.6.

“The total illegal gains acquired by MD from committing these offenses between 2020 and 2022 amount to 72,109 euros,” the police stated.

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