Burglary Crew Conducted Over a Dozen Heists and Attempted Heists in the United States and Europe Between 2006 and 2017, Stole Over $13 Million in Jewelry
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DAMIR PEJCINOVIC was sentenced today to eight years in prison in connection with his participation and management of a criminal organization that committed a series of sophisticated burglaries and engaged in the interstate transportation of stolen goods between 2006 and 2017. On November 19, 2020, PEJCINOVIC pled guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin Nathaniel Fox to participating in a racketeering conspiracy. PEJCINOVIC was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “For over a decade, the defendant supervised a sophisticated burglary crew that carried out multimillion-dollar heists all over the United States and on both sides of the Atlantic. Today’s lengthy sentence sends an important message to members of criminal organizations that they will face justice for their crimes.”
As alleged in the Indictment and statements made in open court:
Between 2006 and April 2017, DAMIR PEJCINOVIC, a/k/a “Damian,” a/k/a “CoCo,” Gzimi Bojkovic, a/k/a Jimmy,” Adrian Fiseku, and Elvis Cirikovic, a/k/a “Gorilla,” participated in a criminal organization whose members and associates engaged in, among other things, the commission of burglaries and the interstate transportation and sale of stolen goods. The criminal organization operated principally in New York City, California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, Massachusetts, Maine, and Europe. Members and associates of the organization committed, conspired to commit, and attempted to commit numerous burglaries of jewelry stores and banks, as well as the interstate transportation and sale of stolen property from the burglaries. PEJCINOVIC, Bojkovic, Fiseku, Cirikovic, and other members and associates of the criminal organization committed the following burglaries and attempted burglaries:
Between February 2006 and March 2006, PEJCINOVIC participated in a burglary of a restaurant and an attempted burglary of a jewelry store in Portland, Oregon.
On March 29, 2008, PEJCINOVIC, Bojkovic, and Cirikovic participated in a burglary of a jewelry store in New York, New York, that resulted in the theft of jewelry valued at over $2.5 million.
On October 11, 2008, PEJCINOVIC and Cirikovic participated in an attempted burglary of a jewelry store in Germany, attempting to steal gold valued at more than €10 million.
On July 26, 2009, PEJCINOVIC and Bojkovic participated in a burglary of a Manhattan jewelry store that resulted in the theft of jewelry valued at over $850,000.
On August 25, 2010, PEJCINOVIC participated in an attempted burglary of a jewelry store in Manhattan.
On August 28, 2010, PEJCINOVIC and Bojkovic participated in a burglary of a jewelry store in Beverly Hills that resulted in the theft of jewelry valued at over $70,000.
On September 5, 2010, PEJCINOVIC participated in a burglary of a jewelry store in Kansas City that resulted in the theft, interstate transportation, and sale of jewelry valued at over $1 million.
On February 19, 2011, PEJCINOVIC, Cirikovic, and Fiseku participated in a jewelry store in Los Angeles that resulted in the theft, interstate transportation, and sale of jewelry valued at over $3 million.
In the summer of 2011, PEJCINOVIC participated in an attempted burglary of a jewelry store in Brooklyn.
On September 16, 2011, PEJCINOVIC and Cirikovic participated in a burglary of a jewelry store in Los Angeles that resulted in the theft of jewelry valued at over $150,000.
In the fall of 2012, PEJCINOVIC and Bojkovic participated in an attempted burglary of a bank in Philadelphia.
On June 30, 2012, PEJCINOVIC and Cirikovic participated in an attempted burglary of a bank in Scarsdale, New York.
On July 22, 2012, PEJCINOVIC participated in an attempted burglary of a jewelry store in Manhattan.
In the fall of 2013, PEJCINOVIC, Bojkovic, and Cirikovic participated in the burglary of a jewelry store in New Jersey.
On December 31, 2016, PEJCINOVIC, Bojkovic, and Fiseku participated in the burglary of a jewelry store in Manhattan that resulted in the theft, interstate transportation, and sale of jewelry valued at over $3 million.
On March 20, 2017, PEJCINOVIC, Bojkovic, and Fiseku participated in the burglary of a jewelry store in Los Angeles that resulted in the theft of jewelry valued at over $2 million.
In addition to his prison term, DAMIR PEJCINOVIC, 47, of New York, New York, was sentenced to three years of supervised release. PEJCINOVIC was also ordered to pay restitution of $13,020,000.
Bojkovic, 39, of Staten Island, New York, pled guilty on October 7, 2019, to participating in a racketeering conspiracy. He was sentenced on November 17, 2020, to 36 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution of $9,020,000.00.
Fiseku, 38, of Staten Island, New York, pled guilty on March 13, 2020, to participating in a racketeering conspiracy. He was sentenced on January 22, 2021, to 30 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution of $8,600,000.00.
Cirikovic, 38, of Woodhaven, New York, pled guilty on August 26, 2019, to participating in a racketeering conspiracy. He was sentenced on January 13, 2020, to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $2,505,500.00.
Mr. Williams praised the outstanding investigative work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New York City Police Department. Mr. Williams also thanked the Los Angeles Police Department, Beverly Hills Police Department, Kansas City Police Department, Portland Police Department, German Federal Police, Interpol, Europol, the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs, and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office for their assistance in this investigation.
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