The United States judiciary is interested in the case of the owner of the American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina (AUBiH), Denis Prcić.

All actions

Due to a request from B&H, the United States Department of Justice asked the Colombian District Court to appoint Linda Otani-Makini (McKinney) as a commissioner who will gather evidence and take all other actions against the suspect Prcić.

We would like to remind you that the Prosecutor's Office of Tuzla Canton has been conducting an investigation for months in which Prcić is suspected of abuse of authority and illegal collection from students, who were asked for money for non-existent expenses, which conditioned the issuance of diplomas.

The US Department of Justice document states that from March 2020 to October 2020, Prcić tried to repeatedly collect 1,500 KM from students for the alleged reaccreditation of ACICS (the Accreditation Council of Independent Colleges and Schools in Washington), although the accreditation was valid until at the end of 2020.

- After they refused to pay, 59 students were denied access to official data, e-mails and the system they used as AUB&H students, which listed all their exams during their studies - it was explained.

It is added that the investigation in B&H revealed that the fee for re-accreditation is not provided in any internal document of AUB&H or contracts with students.

Material gain

- During the search of AUB&H, a notice was discovered which shows that AUB&H withdrew from the re-accreditation procedure. The notice is dated October 30, 2020, signed by Prcić and sent to the Accreditation Council of independent colleges and schools in Washington. As a result, B&H authorities believe that the request for payment was intended exclusively for material gain - they stated in the document.

It is pointed out that, in order to improve this investigation, the authorities in B&H asked the American authorities to obtain records and statements of the representatives of the Council for Accreditation of Independent Faculties and Schools.

Bribery, corruption and fraud

After the United States Department of Justice approved the request, it was published on a specialized website that investigates suspicious transactions in high-value international finance, monitoring offshore and other sources.

They qualified this case as bribery, corruption and fraud.