# The Asomakum case: a company in Andrej Vučić’s name

Category: Money and deals  
Period: from 2010  
Outcome: Indictment filed (as of 9 Sep 2026)  

The company Asomakum was founded in 2010 in the name of Andrej Vučić, brother of Aleksandar Vučić. Andrej Vučić claims his ID card was forged. The prosecution dropped the proceedings against him, and a court ruled in his favour even though, according to legal experts, the deadline for filing the suit had expired; his name was removed from the register only in 2017. In 2017 the Higher Court in Belgrade confirmed an indictment against 18 people over phantom companies, Asomakum among them; the defendants deny guilt. The trial of 13 defendants is now in its ninth year, the absolute statute of limitations has expired for four, and there is still no verdict.

## A company in Andrej Vučić’s name

The company Asomakum, founded in 2010, was registered with the Serbian Business Registers Agency in the name of Andrej Vučić, brother of Aleksandar Vučić, who was then deputy leader of the SNS and later became prime minister and president of the Republic. From his first questioning by the Tax Police in December 2010, Andrej Vučić maintained that he had not founded the company and that his identity card had been forged.

In 2011, the First Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office brought charges for commercial offences against him and the company, then dropped the case against him; the proceedings were discontinued in 2013.

## A question in Parliament and a lawsuit

The public learned of the case in October 2014, when MP Zoran Živković asked Prime Minister Vučić about the company in Parliament; the prime minister replied that it was a forgery.

Andrej Vučić then sued the company before the Commercial Court. Legal experts said the statutory deadline for the suit had expired in 2011, but the court ruled in his favour, and the Commercial Appellate Court upheld the ruling in February 2016. His name was removed from the register as owner and director only in July 2017.

## Arrests and an indictment over phantom companies

In April 2015 police arrested 16 people, and minister Nebojša Stefanović announced that Andrej Vučić had been the victim of identity theft.

In May 2017 the Higher Court in Belgrade confirmed an indictment against 18 people for fraud, money laundering and abuse of position through shell companies set up with forged identity cards, Asomakum among them. The defendants deny the charges, and some claim the case is politically motivated.

## A trial without a verdict

The trial has twice been sent back to the start, and the absolute statute of limitations has run out for four of the indicted. The first witnesses were heard only in December 2025.

According to BIRN's latest report, from September 2026, the trial is in its ninth year: the case is proceeding against 13 of the original 18 indicted, and there is no verdict. In June 2026 the court refused to lift a temporary seizure of assets that has lasted 11 years.

## Participants

- [Andrej Vučić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/andrej-vucic): Brother of Aleksandar Vučić; registered owner of the company Asomakum; according to a Commercial Court ruling and the indictment, the company was founded using his forged identity card (harmed)
- [Aleksandar Vučić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/aleksandar-vucic): Told Parliament it was a forgery and that Asomakum does not belong to his brother (commented on the case)
- [Nebojša Stefanović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/nebojsa-stefanovic): After the arrests, said that Andrej Vučić’s identity had been stolen and his signature forged (commented on the case)
- [Marko Marinković](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/marko-marinkovic): He stated that Asomakum was a phantom company and that Andrej Vučić's identity had been stolen in 2010 (commented on the case)
- [Zoran Živković](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/zoran-zivkovic): In 2014, in Parliament, he asked the prime minister about the company Asomakum, owned by Andrej Vučić according to the Business Registers Agency (oversight and the public)
- [Serbian Business Registers Agency](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/apr): Following its complaint, an indictment motion was filed in 2011, yet it did not remove Andrej Vučić's name until 2017, a year after the nullity ruling (oversight and the public)
- [Tax Administration of the Republic of Serbia](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/poreska-uprava): The tax police questioned Andrej Vučić in 2010 and, according to Telegraf, in 2011 ruled out in an official note any link between him and the company (investigation and courts)
- [Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/mup-srbije): On 10 April 2015, sixteen people were arrested over shell companies set up using stolen identities, among them Asomakum (investigation and courts)
- [First Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/prvo-ojt-beograd): Dropped the indictment motion after Andrej Vučić's representative stated that the ID card was a forgery (responsible)
- [Commercial Court in Belgrade](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/privredni-sud-beograd): Ruled in October 2015, in Andrej Vučić's favour, that Asomakum's founding act was null and void (investigation and courts)
- [Commercial Appellate Court](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/privredni-apelacioni-sud): Upheld on 18 February 2016 that the founding act of the company Asomakum was absolutely null and void (investigation and courts)
- [Constitutional Court of the Republic of Serbia](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/ustavni-sud): Received the company's constitutional complaint on 30 March 2016; in September 2018 the proceedings were still ongoing (investigation and courts)
- [Higher Court in Belgrade](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/visi-sud-beograd): Citing the absolute statute of limitations, in 2021 it halted the proceedings against four of the indicted, even though the main trial had only begun in 2020. (responsible)

## Sources

- [BIRN / Balkan Insight: All about Asomakum and the forged ID card](<https://birn.rs/sve-o-asomakumu-i-falsifikovanoj-licnoj-karti/>): 18 Jan 2019
- [BIRN / Balkan Insight: Indictment over the founding of Asomakum](<https://birn.rs/optuznica-zbog-osnivanja-asomakuma/>): 15 May 2017
- [Telegraf: 15 people arrested over theft of Andrej Vučić's identity!](<https://www.telegraf.rs/vesti/1517009-poslednja-vest-uhapseno-15-osoba-zbog-kradje-indentiteta-andreja-vucica>): 10 Apr 2015
- [Vreme: Andrej Vučić's four-year wait](<https://vreme.com/vreme/cetiri-godine-cekanja-andreja-vucica/>): 15 Apr 2015
- [Vreme: The identity secrets of the president's brother](<https://vreme.com/vreme/tajne-identiteta-predsednikovog-brata>): 24 Jan 2024
- [N1: Asomakum case: trial over, verdict in 30 days](<https://n1info.rs/vesti/a103799-Novo-sudjenje-za-slucaj-Asomakum/>): 27 Oct 2015
- [N1: Did Andrej Vučić miss the deadline to sue over Asomakum?](<https://n1info.rs/vesti/a100734-Andrej-Vucic-zakasnio-sa-tuzbom-za-Asomakum/>): 15 Oct 2015
- [BIRN / Balkan Insight: Asomakum case: awaiting the verdict](<https://birn.rs/slucaj-asomakum-u-iscekivanju-presude/>): 28 Oct 2015
- [N1: Andrej Vučić's lawyer asks for the judge to be recused](<https://n1info.rs/vesti/a94141-Advokat-Andreja-Vucica-trazio-izuzece-sudije/>): 21 Sep 2015
- [BIRN / Balkan Insight: “The Asomakum case” before the Constitutional Court of Serbia](<https://birn.rs/slucaj-asomakum-pred-ustavnim-sudom-srbije/>): 13 Apr 2016
- [Danas: Andrej Vučić removed from shell company's registration](<https://www.danas.rs/vesti/ekonomija/andrej-vucic-brisan-iz-registra-fantomske-firme/>): 25 Jul 2017
- [Kurir: ANDREJ VUČIĆ IN COURT: This is a political ploy to harm my brother!](<https://www.kurir.rs/crna-hronika/1780429/andrej-vucic-na-sudu-ovo-je-politicka-ujdurma-da-se-nanese-steta-mom-bratu>): 13 May 2015
- [Danas: Business Registers Agency: Asomakum owner removed](<https://www.danas.rs/vesti/drustvo/apr-izbrisan-vlasnik-asomakum/>): 25 Jul 2017
- [BIRN / Balkan Insight: The Asomakum case: Are Andrej and Andrija the same person](<https://birn.rs/slucaj-asomakum-jesu-li-andrej-i-andrija-ista-osoba/>): 27 Jan 2020
- [N1: Proceedings against four people in Asomakum case dropped under statute of limitations](<https://n1info.rs/vesti/zbog-zastarelosti-obustavljen-postupak-protiv-cetiri-osobe-u-slucaju-asomakum/>): 9 Feb 2021
- [BIRN / Balkan Insight: „I don't remember“: Eleven years on, Asomakum lost to oblivion](<https://birn.rs/asomakum-svedoci-ne-secaju-sudjenje/>): 9 Sep 2026
- [BIRN / Balkan Insight: Defendant in the Asomakum case: Indictment written under political pressure](<https://birn.rs/optuzeni-u-slucaju-asomakum-optuznica-pisana-pod-politickim-pritiskom/>): 28 Jan 2020
- [BIRN / Balkan Insight: Asomakum case: Proceedings against four defendants dropped under statute of limitations](<https://birn.rs/slucaj-asomakum-zbog-zastarelosti-obustavljen-postupak-protiv-cetvoro-okrivljenih/>): 9 Feb 2021
- [BIRN / Balkan Insight: Asomakum trial resumes: Forgetful witnesses and witnesses close to the government](<https://birn.rs/asomakum-nastavak-sudjenja-svedoci-ne-secaju/>): 28 Jan 2026
- [BIRN / Balkan Insight: „Asomakum“ trial starts over again: the defence on „shell companies“ and Andrej Vučić's name](<https://birn.rs/asomakum-sudjenje-andrej-vucic-fantomske-firme/>): 3 Nov 2025
- [N1: BIRN: Witnesses whose details were used for "shell companies", including Asomakum, appear in court for the first time](<https://n1info.rs/vesti/svedoci-fantomske-firme-asomakum-sud/>): 26 Dec 2025
- [BIRN / Balkan Insight: Asomakum: Hearing postponed, bid to lift 11-year-old interim measures rejected](<https://birn.rs/asomakum-odlozeno-rociste-privremene-mere/>): 22 Jun 2026

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Source: Odgovornost, https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/andrej-vucic-lazna-licna-karta  
As of: 4 Nov 2026  
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