The County Court extended the probation period to four years and ordered that the former diplomat's property would be seized if he failed to pay back himself HRK 760,000 to the state.
Zaja was indicted for having presented the embassy with bills showing that he paid HRK 316,000 for three paintings by Ivica Zupkovic, while the painter said that a mere HRK 15,000 had been paid into his bank account for one of the paintings, and that he had donated the other two.
Zaja was also charged with the other case of embezzlement in the amount of HRK 444,500 for furniture repairs in the embassy in 1999 and 2000.