EPPO secures a conviction in Croatia over rigged software procurement that defrauded EU and national funds of €272,000

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) secures a conviction in the Croatia case concerning an unlawful software procurement by the Ministry for Regional Development and EU Funds. The verdict, following a plea bargain, finds the owner of a business guilty of manipulating tender procedures to benefit connected firms and causing €272,000 in losses to EU and Croatian finances.