Berat Prosecutor’s Office seized the assets of  A.L. and A.Ç., being under investigation for the criminal offense of 'Fraud' as stipulated in Article 143/2/3 of the Criminal Code.

The investigations into criminal case no. 523/2024, conducted in cooperation with the Corruption Investigation Section within the Directorate for Economic and Financial Crime in the Criminal Police Department, reasonable suspicion, revealed that A.L. has committed the criminal offense as stipulated in Article 143/2/3, in complicity with A.Ç. The two are suspected of defrauding different people across several cities, illicitly obtaining large sums of money in both Albanian lek and foreign currencies.

Therefore, Berat Prosecutor's Office sought the seizure of all bank accounts and immovable properties belonging to the aforementioned residing in Berat.

The following sums of money belonging to these citizens were seized from several second-tier banks in Berat and Tirana, following a request from the Prosecutor's Office in Berat:

668,290,299.4 ALL
1,110,392.37 EUR
224,470.28 USD

Ten immovable properties located in Tirana, Vlora, and Berat, were also seized.

The Anti-Corruption Investigation Section, under the Directorate for the Investigation of Economic and Financial Crimes is actively pursuing investigations related to criminal case no. 523/2024, under the guidance of Berat Prosecutor’s Office.