Police officers from the Shtip SIA, Kocani Police Department, in cooperation with the Criminal Police Department and in coordination with the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office Kocani, today (20.11.2025) undertook activities at several locations across the country, during which eight individuals were arrested. The Kocani Police Department submitted criminal charges to the BPP Kocani against 11 individuals for corruption-related criminal offenses connected with the operation of the club “Puls”, eight of whom were arrested today, while three had been previously secured and measures have already been imposed against them.
Two tax controllers, D.P. and D.D., from the Tax Control Service at the Regional Tax Inspectorate in the Regional Directorate Shtip, have been reported for abusing their official position and authority, as well as their access to data and information regarding unannounced inspections in legal entities — taxpayers. With the intention of obtaining unlawful financial gain and gifts, they disclosed information and warned the responsible person at the club about upcoming inspections. They are reported for Receiving a bribe under Article 357 of the Criminal Code, while the responsible person M.J. — the son of the actual owner of “Puls” — is reported for Giving a bribe under Article 358 of the Criminal Code.
Six additional individuals, D.Ch., A.Ch., A.K., A.Ch., N.T. and A.K., tax inspectors and managers from the regional directorates of the Public Revenue Office in Shtip and Strumica, enabled the legal entities “MMMM Cafe” and “Puls” to evade tax inspections and to operate without proper fiscalization. They are suspected of committing Abuse of official position and authority in accordance with Article 353 of the Criminal Code.
The owner of “Puls”, D.J., is reported for Document Forgery under Article 378 of the Criminal Code, as over a prolonged period he knowingly and intentionally submitted altered fiscal devices with falsified fiscal reports containing untrue data during inspections by the Public Revenue Office, using them as genuine, with the aim of avoiding financial penalties and closure of the establishment.
A State Market Inspectorate officer, V.K., is also suspected and included in the previous procedure. Additional evidence has now been secured against her for the criminal offense Disclosure of an official secret under Article 360 of the Criminal Code, due to revealing information regarding unannounced inspections.