Ranko Mimovic, which now offers to market NIS for as much as two billion euros, is not widely known to the Serbian public, but that is why he is known in Croatia and Slovenia as a Serbian businessman, and many media call him a tycoon.
The domestic and regional media "met" him for the first time when, in 2010, "Kurir" covered his statement that he had obtained a package of shares in the Croatian "Podravka" with the headline that the well-known Croatian company would become a Serbian one, reports Nedeljnik.
As reported by the portal Vesti.rs, Mimović, "a businessman from Serbia and the president of the Fia group", told "Kurir" that by purchasing the company "Fima Ami", registered in Malta, he received 10,6 percent of "Podravka's" shares, but "that he will not stop there".
Portal B92 then transmitted the writing of Jutarnji List that the value that "Fia" is ready to invest for the shares of "Podravka" is HRK 400 million (EUR 55 million), and these funds would be used to service the debts of "Podravka" towards the Hungarian OTP Bank and other creditors.
Just a few days after the information about "Podravka's" actions appeared, Croatian "Večernji list" published is that Mimović's "Fia invest" is in serious business difficulties" and that it has been blocked for more than 200 days due to a debt of 160.000 euros.
Trials
Mimović was "discovered" by the media again in 2014, this time in Slovenia, where in the meantime he became the owner of the road company "Cestno podjetje Ljubljana" (CPL).
The company ended up in bankruptcy, and he was sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of almost 100.000 euros. Ranko Mimović was then, as they wrote Slovenian Finance, pleaded guilty in court to fraud amounting to 2,2 million euros. The indictment accused him and the former director of CPL of extorting money from subcontractors claiming that they would "save CPL" with that money.
By the way, Mimović is also known in Slovenia for the fact that he filed a report against the mayor of Ljubljana, Zoran Janković, and claimed that Janković asked him for a bribe.
As reported by the portal Reporter.si referring to Delo, Mimović claimed that Janković asked him for 10% of every job that his road companies contract with the city of Ljubljana. Meanwhile, Jankovic received acquittals on charges of corruption and tax evasion in several major court trials.
In 2017, Ranko Mimović was sentenced in the first instance to 12 years in prison for additional fraud and money laundering, but in 2018, the High Court of Slovenia overturned that specific verdict and sent it back for a new decision. recorded by Dnevnik.si.
Companies in Serbia
In Serbia, Ranko Mimović, through his company KFT Senator Treasury GT7, offered the Russian Gazpromneft to buy their share in NIS for two billion euros, connected to at least nine companies. Eight of them are no longer in business, while one of the remaining ones has had its tax identification number temporarily revoked, and the other's account has been blocked, the Forbes portal announced.
As stated in the text, the data from the register show that he was or is the owner (ie the majority owner) of the companies KFT Treasury GT7, KFT Treasury GT7 One, KFT Treasury GT7 Two, FIA Energy, FIA Aqua, FIA Electricity, FIA Oil, RM Capital, Eko podkar produkt.
As can be seen from the data, companies with the common name KFT Senator Treasury were founded for the activity of unmentioned financial services, except for insurance and pension funds.
All three are registered in Subotica at Štrosmayerova 6.
The first KFT Senator Treasury was established in March 2023 and capital of as much as 207 billion dinars was registered. Its first owner and director was Hungarian citizen Istvan Mata, who left the company by November 2023 and left it to Mimović.
This firm was deleted on August 18, 2025. But on that day last year, by dividing it, two other KFT Senator Treasurys were founded, named One and Two.
PIB seized and account blocked
As can be seen from the data of the Tax Administration, the company KFT Senator Treasury Jedan was temporarily deprived of its PIB. This was done according to Article 26 of the Law on Tax Procedure and Tax Administration.
"If the taxpayer does not report all subsequent data changes in the application for registration, i.e. does not submit documentation and provide information required by the Tax Administration within five days from the date of the data change, i.e. from the day of receipt of the request for the submission of documentation and information, the Tax Administration by decision confiscates the PIB assigned to the taxpayer until the obligation from Article 25, item 1) and 3) of this law is fulfilled, and delivers a copy of the decision to the bank and the organization responsible for forced collection from funds on the taxpayer's account. The Tax Administration also confiscates the assigned PIB in cases where the taxpayer is prohibited from disposing of funds through the taxpayer's bank account in accordance with Articles 66 and 87 of this law and when this prohibition lasts longer than one year," the article of the law states.
Another firm, KFT Senator Treasury Dva, is the only one that is currently fully "operational". But his account is currently blocked. And that for the amount of 9.507,74 dinars, according to data from the National Bank of Serbia.
From the register of the NBS, it can be seen that since its establishment, it occasionally fell into short-term blockades, which lasted eight days at the longest, and more often for a day or two.
Energy business?
Firms bearing the name FIA are much closer to the energy business.
FIA energy had the activity of distribution of gaseous fuels through gas pipelines. It was founded in 2008 and deleted from the APR register in August 2017. It was registered in Belgrade. And it went through bankruptcy.
FIA Oil was registered for non-specialized wholesale trade. It was founded in 2009, but was deleted 10 years later, i.e. in 2019. Like the previous one, it was registered at the address Andre Nikolić in Belgrade.
In practically the same period, the company FIA Electricity also existed. It was registered for the same activity as FIA Oil and was also closed in 2019.
FIA Aqua existed from 2008 to 2019. It was registered for the collection, treatment and distribution of water. It had its headquarters in the same location as the previous three. What distinguishes it from others is that Mimović did not have 100 percent ownership in it, but the minority share was held by Slovenian citizen Ljeposava Lučić - 30 percent.
Last year, the company RM Capital, which was founded in 2019, was deleted from the register. Its activity was "Hotels and similar accommodation". And it was registered in Belgrade, on Voždovac.
And finally, Mimović was also involved in the food sector through the company Eko vočtar produkt from Kruševac. This company existed from 2005 to 2011. It was engaged in the processing and purchase of agricultural products. That is, its activity was Other processing and canning of fruits and vegetables.
Source: Nedeljnik/Forbes/Vreme
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