21 years in prison against those accused of stealing 2.1 million from the State Treasury

The indictment against the accused was proclaimed on Wednesday by Judge Valbona Selimi-Musliu, reports “Justice bet“.

Under the trial, accused Labinot Gruda is convicted of being sentenced to a unique sentence of 8 thousand and 500 euros in fines and 11 years in effective prison.

In addition, the same was pronounced a supplementary sentence, a ban on the exercise of office in public administration for six years.

In contrast, Kadri Shala was convicted and sentenced to 33 thousand euros in fines and 10 years in effective prison.

Otherwise, the prosecution and the defence had not reached plea agreement on the case.

At the October 31st session, the trial had begun again after the court's initial change was made, so that instead of Judge Shadije Grguri, Judge Valbona Selimi-Musliu came.

The Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo (PSRK), on October 12th, 2021, has filed an indictment at the Special Department of the Foundation Court in Pristina against defendants Labinot Gruda and Kadri Shala.

In the indictment, Gruda reportedly was charged with criminal acts “Use of official position or authority”, “accessing computer systems”, “Identification and access device” and “The release of the money” regarding Article 56 of the Law for the Prevention of Money Evacuation and the financing of terrorism, in co-ordination with defendant Shala.

Meanwhile, Shala reportedly was charged with criminal acts “The release of the money” regarding Article 56 of the Law for Prevention of Money and Terrorism Financing, in interaction with defendant Gruda, and “Assistant”, in liaison with criminal work “

In the indictment, Labitot Grudas, who is being charged, reportedly committed to the quality of the official person, with a position of assistant table manager for Kosovo Financial Management Management (SIMFK) at the Ministry of Finance, Labour and Transfers-Thessari State. While Kadri Shala was authorised legal at the “company LDA Group KPS”

According to the SPRK, as a result of the incriminating actions of defendants Labinot Gruda and Kadri Shala, the Kosovo Republic budget has been caused damage of 2m and 77 thousand and 995 euros and 90 cents.

“In this regard, the Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo has demanded the seizure of four (4) cars, which are the result of this criminal activity, the amount of money which has been frozen at the court's order, as well as the defendant's part, to be compensated for the loss or damage caused by the Republic of Kosovo budget, until the value of damage caused by criminal acts, or otherwise, the court has to seize any properties of defendants until the full compensation of the damage caused by the Kosovo Republic of 148) budget was said in the SPR.

Always according to the indictment, Labinot Gruda on October 9, 2020, with the aim of illegally benefiting wealth for himself and others, and to cause damage to the Kosovo Republic of Kosovo budget, contrary to the job's duties and responsibilities has intervened in budgetary division, and has transferred the amount of 2 million and 775 euros and 90 cents to the bank account in the name of “LDA GROUP”, S.P.K.

According to the indictment, Gruda is locked in SIFK and added to his User the possibility of adding the functional class to the system, with which the supplier “was recorded. LDA GROUP” S.P.K. has then created extinguishers through which it has undertaken access to copyrights, access to goods and spending coupons, and changed the existing user's password “FA ZLIUF” (Fadil Fazliu, which had access to the system as a certificate official of the Ministry of Infrastructure, through which it certified spending coupons for operator “LDA GROUP” The S.P.K., under Kosovo's Treasury Framework under SIMF standard procedures, has executed payments on behalf of this operator.

On the other hand, Kadri Shala was charged that on October 9, 2020, deliberately and with the goal of creating conditions and opportunities to implement the incriminating actions of the accused Gruda, he has helped the same by providing full data available to the judicial subject “LDA GROUP” S. P.K, and the bank account of the same, where the authorized person with full competence is the accused Shala, by whom he has enabled the accused Gruda that the money of 2 million 77 thousand and 995 euros and 90 cents of this subject is illegally transferred to the bank account.

The indictment reportedly claims that accused Gruda and Shala from 9 October to 15 October 2020, with the aim of hiding or storing nature, source, country, movement or ownership of illegally transferred money initially Gruda transferred this money to the bank account of “The LDA GROUP”, and then Shala in the name of purchase, lending, advance, donation and payment of obligations, has transferred to various bank accounts of physical and legal persons, and within Kosovo the amount of 1 million and 416 000 and 64 cents, and has attracted from the bank the amount of 221 thousand and 582 euros of 26 euro, allegedly for the company's payment and needs.