“Total” hearing in Criminal Court

Hearing in Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) case “Total” is scheduled in the Skopje-based Criminal Court on Thursday.

Journalist Dragan Pavlovic-Latas is charged with tax evasion as owner and manager of marketing and consulting companies “Total DOOEL Skopje”, “Mediamaks”, and “Total Media Centar DOOEL Skopje”.

The hearing was adjourned on Tuesday because legal representatives for two of the three companies have not been designated. The defendant was told that his lawyers could be designated as such. Otherwise, the court would assign these representatives.

Pavlovic is suspected of providing false data in financial statements and tax returns in period 2008-2015 with the intent of avoiding the payment of taxes. The legal entities damaged the budget by EUR 121,000, while the suspect by EUR 63,000.