Former Serbian policeman pleads to immigration fraud

A Lawrenceville man who was once a member of the Serbian paramilitary force during the Bosnian War has pleaded guilty to federal charges.

Zeljko Kekic, 48, who now has a green card, lied to U.S. immigration officials in 2002 about his employment in the early 1990s during the Bosnian War, U.S. Attorney Sally Yates said. He misled the officials into believing he was a refugee when he was in fact a master sergeant in a key Serbian-controlled town in Bosnia during a time when more than 8,000 Bosnian men and boys were massacred, she said.