Këlliçi: The next scandal from the Bank of Albania, licenses individuals to open the first online bank

2026-04-20 12:43:00, Politikë CNA

Këlliçi: The next scandal from the Bank of Albania, licenses

Democratic Party MP Belind Këlliçi published today, through a post on social networks, several official documents from the German Interior Ministry, which shed light on what he described as a serious threat to the banking system from the licensing of JET BANK.

According to Këlliç, in this procedure there is a chain of relationships between several individuals that can no longer be treated as administrative coincidences.

This is because, based on data, citizen Oliver Hemmer is the Managing Director of the company GRF Europe OU, which operated on behalf of the company 4XFX, owned by Israeli citizen Gal Barak. The latter was sentenced to 4 years in prison in Austria, after setting up a fraud scheme with Call Centers with an estimated damage of around 200 million euros in several European countries such as England, Austria, Germany, Spain, etc.

Meanwhile, another document clearly shows that Oliver Hemmer is also the director of the Cyprus-registered company, Constador LTD. This company is the owner of 71% of JET BANK, the first online bank in Albania.

Këlliçi underlines that the issue is systemic, as he reveals that the Bank of Albania has licensed individuals to open the first online bank, under suspicion of verification standards and the integrity of the process.

"At this point, the issue is no longer simply legal, but systemic. The Bank of Albania has licensed these individuals to open the first online bank in the country, raising serious questions about the verification standards and integrity of the process."

But, more than that, the question that arises today is not whether there have been legal violations, but beyond that, are we allowing Albania to evolve from an operational base of call centers that extort European citizens, into a hub for laundering this money?!

"If this alarm line is crossed without reaction, this scandal would pose a direct risk to the credibility and stability of the Albanian banking system itself," Këlliçi emphasizes. /CNA

Këlliçi: The next scandal from the Bank of Albania, licenses