Kept an expensive Audi A8, received a suspended sentence: The former diving record holder must pay back €50,000

Although he initially denied guilt, in the end he admitted her.

– I kept the car on principle and, by the way, it is not in driving condition – Curavi explained. to the judge, he agreed with the proposal of the prosecution’s sanction.

The court concluded that it is acted with direct intent. As mitigating circumstances, he took the confession and willingness to compensate the injured party, while his previous misdemeanor convictions for violating the Law on Accounting, the Law on Offenses against Public Order and Peace, and the Law on Road Traffic Safety were aggravating.

According to the indictment of the Municipal Criminal State Attorney’s Office in Zagreb, Curavi in 2020, in agreement with IZ, took over the Audi A8 for the needs of the Ocean Alliance Conservation organization. The vehicle was owned by Porsche leasing, and IZ, as the lessee, signed a financial leasing agreement because Curavić was not creditworthy.

Leasing installments of around 500 euros per month have not been paidand IZ claimed that, although he did not use the vehicle, he regularly paid annuities, service and registration. In the summer of 2023, he requested the return of the car, but that did not happen, so it is filed a criminal complaint.