'Bankers Petroleum' caught in several legal violations/ Fier Prosecution ready to hand over file to SPAK

2025-08-02 19:58:00, Aktualitet CNA

'Bankers Petroleum' caught in several legal violations/ Fier

A report compiled by the Fier Prosecutor's Office has identified other violations committed by the concession company Bankers Petroleum. The violations refer to the period of the 20-year oil concession in Albania.

The voluminous weekly report highlighted several findings, which have become the impetus for the possibility of transferring the file to SPAK.

The report highlights that from the verification of tax audits, it is suspected that he has benefited, in violation of the law, from VAT credits for these years in the amount of 244 million lek.

The report also highlights a number of other legal violations with fiscal effects and evidence of income violations by the company.

"From the verification of tax audits carried out for the period January 2018 - December 2018 and the period January 2019 - December 2019 in relation to VAT reimbursement, it has resulted that the company "Bankers" is suspected of having benefited in violation of the law from VAT crediting for these years in the amount of 244 million lek. It is suspected that the company has committed actions that constitute legal violations with fiscal effects, specifically: in terms of taxation, it is suspected that it has committed unjustified and fictitious increases in expenses by burdening accounting in violation of the "On Income Tax". Actions that have led to and have been used by the company to reduce the value by 5.1 billion lek year after year and to remove the taxable profit base and avoid the taxpayer's obligation to declare and pay Profit Tax. "The active actions are suspected of having been undertaken intentionally and with the aim of defrauding of state authorities to benefit unjustly and illegally. Based on these facts and evidence ascertained and confirmed by the above institutions and tax authorities, it results that there is reasonable suspicion based on evidence for the commission of the criminal offense 'Hiding income', committed in collaboration", the report emphasizes. /CNA