NOVI SAD LOSES MORE THAN 83 MILLION DINARS: Head of City Administration arrested over suspected multimillion-dinar damage!

S. B., who served as head of the Novi Sad City Administration for the Economy from 2020 to 2025, has been arrested in Novi Sad on suspicion of causing damage of 83,260,000 dinars to the city budget by violating regulations, the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Novi Sad announced.

He is suspected of committing the criminal offense of negligent performance of official duties. According to the statement, he allegedly failed to fulfill his supervisory responsibilities and acted negligently in other ways while overseeing the implementation of 126 projects carried out by associations funded by the City of Novi Sad through its City Administration for the Economy.

With the authorization of the Special Department for Combating Corruption of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Novi Sad, the suspect, S. B., has been placed in custody for up to 48 hours.

Within that period, he will be brought before and questioned by the Special Department for Combating Corruption, in accordance with the law.

The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Novi Sad also announced that its Special Department for Combating Corruption had filed a total of 33 indictments between February 19, 2025, and October 12, 2026, covering 386 projects.

There are reasonable grounds to suspect that these projects caused total damage of 146,226,136.52 dinars to the budgets of the Republic of Serbia, the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and the City of Novi Sad.

So far, convictions have been handed down in 15 cases related to these proceedings, ten of which have become final, the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Novi Sad stated.