Police officer charged after allegedly forging blood-donation certificates to get paid leave
Officer A.A. is accused of faking two certificates from the Institute for Transfusion Medicine and using them to take six days of paid leave.
A criminal complaint has been filed against a police officer employed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs who is suspected of forging two blood-donation certificates and using them to secure a total of six days of paid leave.
The officer, identified only as A.A., works in the Department for Protection of Designated Persons and Objects. Authorities say he produced and presented two falsified certificates claiming he had donated blood at the Institute for Transfusion Medicine at the Clinical Center "Mother Teresa" in Skopje on 3 March and 9 July of this year, although he did not donate on those dates.
Charges and internal proceedings
Based on the forged certificates, A.A. submitted two requests for paid absence of three working days each. According to the case file, the first absence was used on 3, 4 and 5 March, and the second on 9, 10 and 13 July this year.
The Department for Internal Control, Criminal Investigations and Professional Standards at the Ministry of Internal Affairs filed a criminal complaint against A.A. with the Specialized Department at the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office for Prosecution of Organized Crime and Corruption on suspicion of the criminal offence "falsification of documents", pursuant to Article 378 of the Criminal Code.
The Ministry has announced it will also propose disciplinary proceedings against the police officer for breaches of work order and discipline.
Photo: press material from the event
