Somewhere along the line, Bosnian war criminal Nada Radovan Tomanić moved from Hartford to West Virginia, but distance couldn’t shield her from the consequences of her actions.
Tomanić, 53, was sentenced in Bridgeport federal court on Wednesday to two-and-a-half years in prison for naturalization fraud offenses.
A report from David Sullivan, the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, on Thursday notes that Tomanić lied about her criminal past when applying to become a U.S. citizen in Hartford in 2012.
Prosecutors say Tomanić served in the 1990s with the Zulfikar Special Unit of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, while an armed conflict afflicted the region.
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Along with other soldiers in her unit, Tomanić is said to have participated in the severe physical and psychological abuse of Bosnian Serb civilian prisoners. This included torture and inhuman treatment.
Years later, when applying for U.S. citizenship in 2012, Tomanić denied having ever served in a detention facility or having ever been involved in the detention of others.
She also said she didn’t commit any war crimes for which she was not arrested, specifically the crime of inflicting serious bodily harm under the Criminal Law of the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia.
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According to the report, Tomanić lied while under oath during an interview with a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officer about having served in a detention facility and her engagement in criminal conduct.
Following the sentencing, numerous high-ranking officials expressed their beliefs that justice prevailed thanks to the courage of victims and diligence of investigators and prosecutors.
“I sincerely appreciate the investigative work of our law enforcement partners both here in the U.S. and in Bosnia who have disregarded the passage of decades to ensure that justice is served,” said Sullivan. “There is no statute of limitations for human decency.”
Special Agent in Charge P.J. O’Brien of the FBI New Haven Field Office added that the case has always been about more than just lying on naturalization documents.
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“Over the course of this investigation, Tomanić’s violent history of targeting people based on their ethnicity and religion came to light, and we hope that yesterday’s sentencing gives some measure of justice to her victims,” O’Brien said.
On Nov. 10, 2025, Tomanić pleaded guilty to one count of procuring citizenship contrary to law.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Office of Fraud Detection and National Security, as well as the FBI’s Human Rights Unit.
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