6 hours agoRezart Taci is sentenced by the court in Switzerland: Financial fraud for oil trade
Periskopi(10 months ago)
(10 months ago)Taci has committed sophisticated frauds and forged documents by seriously damaging the international certificate company SGS. Albanian businessman Rezart Taci has been sentenced to 30 months in prison by a court in Switzerland for financial fraud in connection with the oil trade. Of these, 24 months are conditional and 195 days [...] will be reduced.
Albanian businessman Rezart Taci has been sentenced to 30 months in prison by a court in Switzerland for financial fraud in connection with the oil trade.
Of these, 24 months are conditional and 195 days will be dropped in custody in Zurich.
The penalty has been handed down by the Geneva Criminal Court for a series of frauds related to its activity in the oil industry in our country, with multiple links to Switzerland, reports the Swiss newspaper quite Le Tempu.
According to the indictment, Taci has committed sophisticated fraud and forged documents by seriously damaging the international dissertification company SGS, which until recently had headquarters in Geneva.
The 54-year-old, who is declared internationally sought by Albanian authorities, has been tried in absentia.
Although on the run, one of his lawyers confirmed that he had recently contacted him, and that the businessman has admitted the charges against him. The trial against Taci was held in absentia.
Taci has agreed to pay off the SGS company with $8.8m, without including annual interests of 5%, and will also cover part of the judicial costs.
Rezart Taci has been suspected for at least four years in Albania of money laundering and links to organised crime, including alleged contacts with the Sciilian mafia.
At the height of his career, according to Albanian media, Taci had generated up to $1.5 billion from his activities in the oil trade, which he launched in the late 1990s with the establishment of the company “Taci Oil”.
According to the court, one of the most sophisticated fraud schemes included manipulation of fuel fuel in tankers through installation of secret valves, allowing goods to be downloaded without SGS or other parties being spotted. He also used counterfeit documents to cover the lack of oil.
We remember that Rezart Taci was declared internationally sought by SPAK in November 2021, after being charged with being involved in a financial operation to hide over 18m euros, Report.tv reports, broadcast Periscope
