A Pula County Court investigating judge on Thursday set month-long detention for Vinka Cetinski, Marin Sorgo and Boris Sorgo in a case of fraud in the sale and purchase of real estate on behalf of Kermas Ulaganja, a company owned by businessman Danko Koncar.
The three suspects were remanded in custody due to the risk of witness tampering, court officials said.
The investigating judge turned down a motion to place again in custody another suspect in the case, Romina Hrvatin, who was released.
The Istria County Police Department today reported that the investigation into suspected wrongdoing in which the Pula-based Kermas Ulaganja was defrauded had also resulted in white-collar crime investigators pressing charges against attorney Zeljan Hrvatin of Rovinj and a 40-year-old man from Rovinj whose name was not revealed, and who is suspected of obstruction of evidence, while Hrvatin is suspected of instigating obstruction of evidence.
The police said that Hrvatin asked the 40-year-old man by phone to destroy data stored on computers used by Hrvatin's law firm and a real estate agency owned by a 50-year-old man from Rovinj. The 40-year-old suspect did it, throwing discs with the data into garbage cans in the areas of Rovinj and Bale.
Hrvatin has been in custody since Tuesday when he was detained for a month due to the risk of witness tampering.
Investigating judge Svetislav Vujic today ruled, based on a request from the county prosecutor's office, that an investigation be opened into Vinka Cetinski on suspicion of two acts of abuse of powers, and into Marin Sorgo and Romina Hrvatin on suspicion of instigating abuse of powers.
Two other suspects, Gordan Dobrovic and Zeljko Bilic, who were released after they were questioned last Saturday, will be investigated on suspicion of aiding and abetting, while Boris Sorgo will be investigated for instigating abuse of powers.
