Nada Radovan Tomanic, a 53-year-old resident of Connecticut, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for citizenship fraud after concealing her involvement in war crimes during the Bosnian conflict, according to an April 27 announcement by Homeland Security Investigations Washington, D.C. Tomanic pleaded guilty on Nov. 10, 2025, to one count of procuring citizenship contrary to law.
The case underscores the efforts by U.S. authorities to hold individuals accountable who have committed human rights violations abroad and then attempted to hide their past when seeking American citizenship.
According to investigators, Tomanic served with the Zulfikar Special Unit of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s and participated in severe physical and psychological abuse of Bosnian Serb prisoners. When applying for naturalization, she denied having served at a detention facility or committing any crimes for which she had not been arrested—both in writing and under oath during an interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
“Homeland Security Investigations was instrumental in uncovering the facts of this case, ensuring accountability for an individual who committed torture abroad and fraudulently obtained U.S. citizenship,” said HSI Washington, D.C. Special Agent in Charge Eric Weindorf. “This case highlights HSI’s commitment to investigating human rights violations and pursuing justice for victims of war crimes worldwide.”
Since 2003, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested more than 520 individuals for human rights-related violations under various criminal and immigration statutes. During that period, ICE has obtained deportation orders against—and physically removed—1,178 known or suspected human rights violators from the United States; another 208 such individuals have departed voluntarily.
Currently there are more than 1,903 active investigations into suspected human rights violators being pursued by HSI from over ninety countries worldwide. Since its founding in 2003, the Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center has issued more than eighty thousand individual lookouts and prevented over four hundred fifteen suspects from entering the United States.
Members of the public with information regarding criminal offenders can report tips by calling ICE or completing an online tip form.
