Naturalized U.S. citizen Nada Radovan Tomanic, 53, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to her lying about her prior criminal conduct to obtain U.S. citizenship.
Tomanic, who served with the Zulfikar Special Unit of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s, during the armed conflict in the region, participated in the physical and psychological abuse of Bosnian Serb civilian prisoners. When applying for U.S. naturalization in 2012, she falsely denied having served in a detention facility or in any other situation involving the detention of others.
“The defendant obtained the privileges of U.S. citizenship through lies and deceit, concealing the violent crimes she committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
Tomanic pleaded guilty to one count of procuring citizenship contrary to law. She is scheduled to be sentenced on February 3, 2026, and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
The FBI is investigating the case, with coordination provided by the Department of Homeland Security’s Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Office of Fraud Detection and National Security.
Nada Radovan Tomanic is scheduled to be sentenced on February 3, 2026. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Prosecutors from the Criminal Division’s Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut are handling the case. The FBI, along with other authorities, has been investigating the matter.
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Key Facts
- State: Federal
- Category: Violent Crime|Human Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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