The court has ordered 30 days of detention for former Deputy Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Artan Grubi and Përparim Bajrami.
The prosecution is requesting the issuance of a national and international search warrant for the two suspects.
Grubi, along with the former director of the State Lottery, Përparim Bajrami, and four other citizens, are accused of abuse of office.
According to the prosecution, there is a well-founded suspicion that Grubi and Bajrami, as responsible persons in the Joint Stock Company, the State Lottery, during 2023, caused "damage to the Company's budget in the amount of over 8 million Euros, by illegally appropriating assets."
While for two other people, among whom was former Prime Minister Dimitar Kovačevski, the prosecution states that there is no evidence to prosecute them.
The group is believed to be located outside North Macedonia.
A few days ago, the former Deputy Prime Minister was blacklisted by the United States of America, along with Court of Appeals judge Enver Behxheti.
According to the State Department, Grubi and Bexheti “have engaged in major corruption by accepting bribes to undermine judicial processes related to the criminal conviction of Sasho Mijalkov, the former director of the secret service.” Following this sanction, Grubi made public his decision to withdraw from political and public life.