A Boise man accused of committing war crimes in Bosnia has been charged with lying on his federal paperwork to try to become an American citizen, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
Miran Kostic, 66, was indicted on charges of attempted naturalization fraud and making false statements to law enforcement agents, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho.
Federal investigators say Kostic hid a violent past in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to court records, he was once a high-ranking official in the breakaway region known as the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia…