ZAGREB, April 27 (Hina) - The Office of the Chief State Prosecutor andthe Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime(USKOK) stated on Thursday that they were awaiting the findings ofpreliminary investigative measures
that were taken following reportsof frauds involving the property of Croatian Serbs that was soldthrough the Agency for Legal Transactions and Real Estate Management(APN).
ZAGREB, April 27 (Hina) - The Office of the Chief State Prosecutor
and the Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime (USKOK)
stated on Thursday that they were awaiting the findings of preliminary
investigative measures that were taken following reports of frauds involving
the property of Croatian Serbs that was sold through the Agency for Legal
Transactions and Real Estate Management (APN). There were two types
of fraud - those committed by people authorised by the owners of property on
the basis of valid letters of authorisation and those committed by people with
forged letters of authorisation, the two institutions said in a statement.
The investigation is being carried out throughout Croatia and it covers
several police departments. All data and documents from the preliminary
investigation are within the jurisdiction of the USKOK and are treated as an
official secret under the Law on the USKOK.
The media have recently reported about a woman who committed 66 acts of
fraud and document forgery and who is also wanted by Interpol. The woman, who
is on the run, has allegedly illegally sold 400 houses.