Megascandal with fuel companies. Tax evasion, money laundering…

30/04/2016 00:00

Everything seems to have started in June 2016, when police was informed
about some suspicious loan transactions and agreements between a group
of people, through which they had avoided taxes, had committed fraud
with loans, money laundering even with the implication and cooperation
of second-level bank employees.

The documents obtained exclusively by Top Channel show that the police has been collecting evidence about an illegal activity of some fuel companies who are cooperating with banks, such as Credins Bank. They are involved in suspicious financial operations, with donations, share transactions, increased value of collaterals, etc.

The key word for all companies and all activities is ARMO.

“The document sent at the Tirana Prosecution shows there is an informal market of transactions, shares, all of them inside and outside the country. This system operates behind the government’s back and within the mutual trust of a group of people who have structured it, who realize profits through a spider web, since they know the law gaps of our banking and financial market.

“This information is based on the relations between the companies owned by Albano Aliko, Apostol Goci and Ardian Xhillari with companies “Gulf”, “Alpet”, “ALTINBAS Holding”, “CITY INVESTIMENT HOLDING S.A”, “A.K.F PETROLIUM”, “TEA OIL GROUP” and other societies related to ARMO.

These companies have trade relations between each other and equal shares, same addresses, same fuel stations, same vehicles, real estates, all based on the law nr.9901 dated 14 May 2009 “For Commercial Companies”, which are allowed to be equipped with a secondary Taxpayer Identification Number if the operating countries of the commercial subjects are different”, the documents say.

“City Investment Holding”, from 21 June 2012 to 03 September 2012 closed 85% of its station after several bailiff orders were given. To avoid the blocking of their assets, the company has continued its activity by using the fuel stations named “ALPET”.

Police say the same scheme is used by the same owners for the “EKO A2” and “Vil Oil” companies. Police has verified that in many cases, the secondary addresses are equal to the older ones, the businesses mentioned above. This company opens and closes the secondary addresses in a short period of time, and its shares are frozen by several private bailiff offices.

“EKO A2” has taken a 9 million USD loan, and the police say it is not known for what reason. The loan was taken by an “Offshore” company named “Allanis International Assets INC”, with its headquarters in the British Virgin Island.

One of the owners appears at another company, the “Flladi” company, administered by Apostol Goci with 40% of the shares, Rebani Boi with 30% and Llazi Angjeli, 30%.

Police has uncovered the relation between them and other companies through interim lease contracts and bank loans that have created a scary financial debt. “Flladi””, for example, has a 52 million ALL loan since 2013, while “MW” has a share-security contract for 156 million ALL.

Police say that in June 16th, 2015, the shares of a company owned by Andi Memi were sold to the “UNIK” company, administered by Mihtat Sulaj.

“UNIK”, according to the police, has huge debts and their shares were seized by private bailiffs, with debts to suppliers mounting up to 278 million ALL and long-term loans up to 752 million ALL.

Police say the companies in question have not handed over the balances of the past years. They have declared lower annual turnover after 2011 and have opened and closed secondary addresses almost in the same time. The secondary addresses are the same with what has been declared by “AKF PEtroleum”, founded in 26 September 2013.

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