On 11 April 2018, following the guilty plea agreement review and acceptance, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina handed down the Verdict under which the Accused Nebojša Antonić is found guilty of continued criminal offense Tax Evasion or Fraud in violation of Article 210(4) as read with (1) and Article 54 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina and sentenced to 1 year in prison. The Accused Nebojša Antonić is also imposed a fine as an accessory punishment in the amount of BAM 70.000,00 which the Accused must pay within a month from the validity of the Verdict and in case the Accused fails to pay the fine, it shall be replace with prison in line with Article 47(3) of the CC of BIH. Pursuant to Article 110 and 111 of the Criminal Code of BIH, the property gain in the amount of BAM 1,089,630.72 is confiscated from the Accused.

The Accused Nebojša Antonić is found guilty because that in the capacity as a founder-owner and director with unlimited liability and responsible in the legal entity Antonić trade d.o.o. Laktaši, avoided the payment of the obligations under tax legislation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by providing false data about the facts that are relevant for determination of the obligations, that is, by such business operations evaded the reporting, calculation, return and payment of  value added tax obligations prescribed by BIH tax legislation in the period from 1 January 2008 to 30 June 2011 in the total amount BAM 1,089,630.72, thus damaging the budget of BIH.

The Accused is ordered to reimburse the costs of the criminal proceedings in the total amount of BAM 1,706.76.