Novi Sad: Woman Arrested Over 2.4 Million Dinar Fraud

The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Novi Sad announced today, September 28, that it has arrested M. G., legal representative of the citizens’ association Ljubav punim plucima (Love With Full Lungs). The arrest was carried out on the order of the prosecutor’s office Special Department for Suppressing Corruption. She is suspected of the continued criminal offense of abuse of position by a responsible person.

According to the prosecutor’s office, the association received funds from the City of Novi Sad and the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina between 2020 and 2025 for the implementation of eight projects, totaling 2,400,000 dinars. The prosecutor’s office states that the activities planned under those projects were never carried out.

The suspect allegedly sent the fund providers false reports on how the money had been spent, describing activities, such as workshops and lectures, that never actually took place. That, according to the prosecutor’s office, caused property damage totaling 2,400,000.00 dinars to the budgets of the City of Novi Sad and the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Novi Sad said.

Pink reports that the suspect spent the money on personal needs. RTV, N1 and B92 do not mention that claim in their coverage of the statement.

M. G. has been ordered held for up to 48 hours. Within that period she will be brought in and questioned at the Special Department for Suppressing Corruption of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Novi Sad. The prosecutor’s office did not disclose the suspect’s age.

Until a final verdict, M. G. is presumed innocent, and the claims in the statement represent the prosecutor’s office’s suspicion, not an established fact.