#1 Marko Boskic, 5 godina u zatvoru zbog laznih podataka....
Posted: 04/12/2006 18:51
Bosnian national jailed for fraud
By Jerry Seper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
November 23, 2006
A Bosnian national living in Massachusetts has been sentenced to five years in prison for lying in his applications for refugee and permanent resident alien status by not revealing his ties to a Bosnian-Serb military unit involved in the killing of hundreds of Bosnian Muslims in 1995.
Marko Boskic, 42, of Peabody, Mass., was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock after his jury conviction in July on two counts of immigration document fraud.
U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan said Boskic was arrested Aug. 25, 2004, on a criminal complaint in the accusations, and has been in federal custody since that time. Mr. Sullivan said the Bosnian national also faces deportation to his native Bosnia-Herzegovina after the completion of his prison sentence.
Mr. Sullivan said evidence presented during an eight-day trial proved that Boskic was a former member of a Bosnian-Serb military unit within the Army of the Republic of Srpska -- a unit that was involved in the killing of hundreds of Muslims at Srebrenica in 1995.
Mr. Sullivan said lied about his military involvement to gain entry to the United States.
"Marko Boskic lied about his military service in a Bosnian-Serb military unit which was involved in the genocide of thousands of Bosnian Muslims in order to reside in the United States," Mr. Sullivan said. "Lying to gain safe harbor in the United States undermines the integrity of our immigration policies and will not be tolerated. We will aggressively pursue such violations both here and abroad."
Records show that while residing in Frankfurt, Germany, Boskic applied for refugee status in the United States in February 2000 and that when asked whether he had been in the military, he responded only that he had fulfilled his mandatory military service in the Yugoslavian military in the early 1980s.
Mr. Sullivan said Boskic failed to reveal to U.S. immigration authorities that in the 1990s he had been a member of the Army of Republic of Srpska's 10th Sabotage Detachment, a Bosnian-Serb military unit involved in the killing of Muslims at Srebrenica, and that he had personally participated in those killings.
Boskic's attorneys argued that he had acted under duress when he participated in the massacre of Muslim civilians.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, formed by the United Nations in 1993 to address war crimes committed in Yugoslavia, gave the United States a video of the 10th Sabotage Detachment at an awards ceremony in the fall of 1995. The video was played for the jury during trial, and Boskic was clearly visible, in uniform and at attention, holding a rifle.
The case was investigated by agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the FBI with the assistance of the Peabody Police Department. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kimberly West and Jeffrey Auerhahn.
By Jerry Seper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
November 23, 2006
A Bosnian national living in Massachusetts has been sentenced to five years in prison for lying in his applications for refugee and permanent resident alien status by not revealing his ties to a Bosnian-Serb military unit involved in the killing of hundreds of Bosnian Muslims in 1995.
Marko Boskic, 42, of Peabody, Mass., was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock after his jury conviction in July on two counts of immigration document fraud.
U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan said Boskic was arrested Aug. 25, 2004, on a criminal complaint in the accusations, and has been in federal custody since that time. Mr. Sullivan said the Bosnian national also faces deportation to his native Bosnia-Herzegovina after the completion of his prison sentence.
Mr. Sullivan said evidence presented during an eight-day trial proved that Boskic was a former member of a Bosnian-Serb military unit within the Army of the Republic of Srpska -- a unit that was involved in the killing of hundreds of Muslims at Srebrenica in 1995.
Mr. Sullivan said lied about his military involvement to gain entry to the United States.
"Marko Boskic lied about his military service in a Bosnian-Serb military unit which was involved in the genocide of thousands of Bosnian Muslims in order to reside in the United States," Mr. Sullivan said. "Lying to gain safe harbor in the United States undermines the integrity of our immigration policies and will not be tolerated. We will aggressively pursue such violations both here and abroad."
Records show that while residing in Frankfurt, Germany, Boskic applied for refugee status in the United States in February 2000 and that when asked whether he had been in the military, he responded only that he had fulfilled his mandatory military service in the Yugoslavian military in the early 1980s.
Mr. Sullivan said Boskic failed to reveal to U.S. immigration authorities that in the 1990s he had been a member of the Army of Republic of Srpska's 10th Sabotage Detachment, a Bosnian-Serb military unit involved in the killing of Muslims at Srebrenica, and that he had personally participated in those killings.
Boskic's attorneys argued that he had acted under duress when he participated in the massacre of Muslim civilians.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, formed by the United Nations in 1993 to address war crimes committed in Yugoslavia, gave the United States a video of the 10th Sabotage Detachment at an awards ceremony in the fall of 1995. The video was played for the jury during trial, and Boskic was clearly visible, in uniform and at attention, holding a rifle.
The case was investigated by agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the FBI with the assistance of the Peabody Police Department. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kimberly West and Jeffrey Auerhahn.
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