Indictment against former skiing federation official: money fraud may have lasted a quarter of a century
USKOK suspects Vedran Pavlek of leading a criminal group that extracted funds from the Croatian Skiing Federation through false payments.
Indictment against former skiing federation official: money fraud may have lasted a quarter of a century
The specialist state prosecutor's office for combating corruption and organised crime is bringing an indictment against Vedran Pavlek, a former head of alpine teams at the Croatian Skiing Federation. The prosecution charges him with creating and leading a criminal group that over an eleven-year period extracted approximately thirty million euros from the federation through non-existent financial obligations.
However, according to investigators' findings, the unlawful extraction of funds may have lasted considerably longer — estimated at as much as twenty-five years. The investigative team obtained this information by examining the laptops used by Pavlek. According to available information, dishonest activities began as far back as 2001, whilst the total sum of money extracted since then remains unknown.
The same report also mentions another incident: on the island of Hvar, fourteen young men were preparing a physical attack with batons on two workers from neighbouring Serbia who were working there seasonally. Law enforcement officials discovered the plan in time and prevented it, arresting all the conspirators before the violence was carried out.
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