Over 2 million euros stolen from the State Treasury of Kosovo

 

 Over two million euros have been stolen from the state treasury of Kosovo. Police have announced that one person has been arrested and two others are on the run. "They are suspected that by abusing their official position and using the state treasury of the Republic of Kosovo, they have transferred over 2 million euros.

It has been requested to block the accounts because it is suspected that a part of the money has been transferred abroad ", announces the Kosovo police.

Meanwhile, the suspects' apartments were raided, but nothing was found, only one vehicle was confiscated. By order of the prosecutor, the detainee was taken into custody.

"After the investigation, a suspect was arrested and two others are on the run. The suspects are suspected of abusing their official position by using the state treasury of the Republic of Kosovo and transferred money in the amount of 2,077,995 million euros. Account blocking has been requested as it is suspected that part of the money has been transferred abroad. The houses of the suspects were raided, nothing was found, only a car owned by one of the suspects was confiscated. By order of the prosecutor, the suspect was taken into custody", the police announced.

The Minister of Finance of Kosovo, Hykmete Bajrami has announced that the amount of money has been withdrawn from the Ministry of Infrastructure and transferred to an economic operator on October 9.

"This is a banking transaction, we have tracked all transactions that are beneficial." It is not a cash withdrawal, but through transactions", declared the minister.

According to Radio Free Europe, a Kosovo Treasury employee, with the initials LG, is suspected of transferring over 2.1 million euros through four different transactions, to the account of the company, LDA Group Shpk (limited liability company), based in Llapushnik, a village in the Municipality of Gllogoc, 30 kilometers from Prishtina..