Do vremena kad je uhapšen u Crnoj Gori u augustu 2005, po potjernici koju je raspisalo Tužilaštvo BiH, smatralo se da je on jedan od najbogatijih biznismena među bosanskim Srbima.
By the time of his arrest in Montenegro in August 2005 on a warrant issued by the BiH Prosecutor's Office, he was believed to be one of the richest Bosnian Serb businessmen.