Former Connecticut Resident Pleads Guilty to Naturalization Fraud Over Alleged Wartime Abuses
The case stems from a coordinated probe by U.S. human-rights units with assistance from Bosnian, Serbian and UN authorities.
Overview
- Nada Radovan Tomanic, 53, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Bosnia and Herzegovina now living in West Virginia and formerly of Hartford, pleaded guilty on Nov. 10 in Bridgeport federal court.
- She admitted to one count of procuring citizenship contrary to law for lying to obtain naturalization.
- Prosecutors say she falsely denied, on a 2012 application and under oath in a USCIS interview, prior service in detention settings and past criminal conduct.
- Court documents allege she served with the Zulfikar Special Unit in the 1990s and joined others in abusing Bosnian Serb civilian detainees.
- Sentencing is set for Feb. 3, 2026, and the offense carries a statutory maximum of 10 years in prison.