Grand Pacific Trade Call Center Scam Newsletter No. 92

Dear Clients,

As we enter September, we would like to provide you with a brief update regarding the Grand Pacific Trade case.

As you are already aware from our previous communications, the case was returned for further investigation. At present, we have not received any new official information concerning the completion of that additional investigative work or a new decision in the case.

Following the summer period, we will continue to monitor the proceedings closely and, in particular, whether the additional investigation results in a new procedural development.

In the meantime, we would like to explain what may happen once the additional investigative work has been completed.

What happens after an investigation is supplemented?

When a case is returned for further investigation, the purpose is generally to address issues that could not be sufficiently resolved on the basis of the material previously collected.

Depending on the circumstances, this may involve obtaining additional evidence, verifying particular transactions or persons, requesting information from other institutions or jurisdictions, or clarifying connections that have emerged from the existing evidence.

Once the necessary additional steps have been taken, the competent authority must reassess the case in light of the expanded evidentiary record.

This means that the case does not simply return automatically to the same position it was in before.

The newly obtained information must be considered together with the evidence that was already available.

Does further investigation guarantee a particular outcome?

No.

The fact that additional investigation has been ordered does not, by itself, determine what the final outcome will be.

Further investigative work may strengthen previously established connections, provide evidence concerning additional persons or transactions, clarify issues that were previously uncertain, or, in some circumstances, show that particular allegations cannot be sufficiently supported.

For this reason, the significance of the additional investigation can only be properly assessed once we know what steps have actually been taken and what information has been obtained.

Why can this stage be important in an international investment fraud case?

In a case such as Grand Pacific Trade, individual transactions cannot always be properly understood in isolation.

Information concerning a bank account, company, payment recipient or individual may become more significant when compared with information obtained from other victims or from another jurisdiction.

Additional investigation therefore provides an opportunity for the competent authorities to examine elements that may not have been sufficiently established during the earlier stage of the proceedings.

This is particularly relevant where financial transactions, companies and individuals may be connected with more than one country.

What are we waiting for now?

The next relevant development will be information concerning the steps taken during the additional investigation and, ultimately, the decision made on the basis of the supplemented case file.

At this stage, there is no additional action required from you.

You do not need to resend documents that have already been provided, and if any further information or documentation is required from you, we will contact you directly.

As the regular working period resumes after the summer months, we will continue to follow the Grand Pacific Trade proceedings and check for any development concerning the additional investigation.

As soon as we receive verified information that affects the status of the case or your position as victims, we will inform you accordingly.

Thank you for your continued trust.

Kind regards,

Attorney Zoran Miljaković