The name of the late Pal Trashaj, who sought help from justice over the years and then ended his life, is one of many citizens that the prosecution in the Albanian capital Tirana lists on the long list of citizens harmed by fraudulent micro-credit schemes, suspected of operating as a criminal group.
In the file investigated by Antoneta Sevdari, Ndini Tavani and Arben Agovi, which is now being reviewed by special prosecutors in Tirana, who will soon request a reassessment of personal measures, are mentioned cases of citizens being threatened to take out loans.
One of them is the testimony of the couple Kozeta and Pajtim Sinomati who in 2009 took out a loan of 500 thousand lek (5,000 euros) to furnish their apartment. But the MCA enforcement agency then took their three-story apartment, seized their vehicle and bank accounts. When questioned by the prosecution, the couple tell how they started repaying the loan but never got out of this trap while their persecution continued by bailiffs and other agencies, without telling them that a seizure had been imposed and their assets had been put up for auction.
In this way, there are suspicions that the assets of around 1,700 Albanian citizens were taken, by the MCA and Final debt collecting agencies.
The number of people who have passed through the SPAK prsecution is 17 suspects, among them the injured party Olsi Ibro, who ended his life out of desperation during the investigation. All suspects are considered members of the financial criminal group that must be investigated by SPAK. But also under investigation for the same scheme are bailiff offices suspected of fraud with serious consequences, Micro Credit Albania, Adca and Final.
Among the analyses listed, the three prosecutors who later declared ‘incompetence’, emphasize the fact that citizens were often pushed to take out second loans to cover the first, while loan interest rates reached up to 700 percent of the initial value per year.
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