Created a fraudulent fiscal scheme and caused millions of lek in damage to the state/ A person is arrested in Tirana

2026-02-09 16:17:00, Aktualitet CNA

Created a fraudulent fiscal scheme and caused millions of lek in damage to the

A person has been arrested at the request of the Tirana Prosecutor's Office, accused of creating a fraudulent fiscal scheme, causing over 60 million lek in damage to the state.

According to the prosecutor's office's announcement, citizen Gj.F. was arrested, who had used an entity registered in the name of his wife to carry out the fraudulent scheme.

Specifically, the investigations have resulted in the commercial entity "Dorina Fela" having made suspected fictitious sales in the total value of 149,875,867 lekë, causing an estimated damage to the state budget in the amount of 62,670,861 lekë.

Prosecutor's Office Announcement:

Created a fraudulent fiscal scheme with 150 million lek of fictitious sales, damaging the state budget, at the request of the Tirana Prosecutor's Office, citizen Gj.F. is arrested.

At the request of the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction in Tirana, citizen Gj.F. was arrested, suspected of the criminal offenses of 'Creating fraudulent schemes related to value added tax (VAT)' and 'Hiding income' provided for by articles 144/a and 180 of the Criminal Code.

From the investigations into criminal proceeding no. 5787 of 2024, in close cooperation with the Director of Tax Investigation, at the General Directorate of Taxes (GDT) and the Economic Crime Section of the State Police, it resulted that the commercial entity 'Dorina Fela' has made suspected fictitious sales in the total value of 149,875,867 lekë, causing an estimated damage to the state budget in the amount of 62,670,861 lekë.

These actions were carried out through false declarations and the use of fictitious invoices, with the aim of creating a fraudulent fiscal scheme, which aimed to unfairly benefit from VAT crediting and reduce the taxable base for Profit Tax, thereby damaging the financial interests of the state.

In the framework of this criminal proceeding, citizen Gj.F. was detained, suspected of involvement in the commission of illegal acts. From the actions taken so far, it resulted that this citizen had an organizational and leadership role in this activity, using the entity in the name of his wife to carry out the fraudulent scheme.

Investigations continue to identify other individuals involved, as well as to fully document the fraudulent scheme and its financial consequences. / CNA