A week after he ended up in custody following a report by the Financial Police, the former director of the Customs Administration, Stefan Bogoev is released with a guarantee of 55 thousand euros, the Criminal Court announced.
– The Criminal Council at the Basic Criminal Court Skopje, acting on an appeal with an offered guarantee of the suspect S.B., filed against the decision of a judge of a previous procedure from 04.06.2026, which, at the proposal of the competent public prosecutor, was determined to be a measure of detention for a duration of 30 days, adopted a decision by which it accepted the appeal and accepted the offered guarantee of the suspect. The specified guarantee consists of ready funds in the amount of 55,000 euros, in Denar countervalue in favor of RS Macedonia, and which amount is deposited as a guarantee for ensuring the presence of the suspect in the further course of the procedure – say the Criminal Court, which was waiting for the opinion of the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
The prosecutor’s office gave a positive opinion and there is no longer a right to appeal from any of the parties, so Bogoev was immediately released from Shutka.
Precautionary measures are imposed on Bogoev, that is, his passport is confiscated and he is forbidden to cross the state border. – If the suspect does not comply with the specified precautionary measure, the court can determine other stricter measures to ensure presence – the court said.
Bogoev ended up in detention after the financial police filed criminal charges against him and two other suspects and suspected them of setting up a tender for cleaning border crossings and terminals.
According to the evidence, Bogoev as a director allegedly influenced the implementation of the tender procedure in favor of the selected bidder, the assistant director influenced other companies to participate in the procedure and took a bribe of around 1,800 euros.
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