Puka police arrested 47-year-old Vasil Shabani, a resident of Buzhalë village.
The Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime sentenced him on January 10 to 8 months in prison for the criminal offense "Active corruption in elections".
The materials were passed to the Prosecutor's Office for further action.
Vasil Shabani was an official of LSI and is accused of buying votes for this political force for the parliamentary elections of April 25, 2021.
The police caught the LSI official in Pukë with over five million lek in the car and with a list of 28 names accompanied by a demonstration ballot to vote for the LSI.
Vasil Shabani, together with several officials of the LSI in Pukë, were arrested on April 9, 2021, while about 5 thousand USD and a paper similar to the ballot paper were found in his car. Also implicated is the head of the LSI in Pukë, Demir Syla, who is under investigation and at large.
SPAK's investigations showed that Shabani was involved in the election campaign and had communication with the chairman of the LSI in Pukë, Demir Syla, where they exchanged lists with the names of various officials. Shabani asks other people for their identity card number, to identify them as LSI voters.
Vasil Shabani contacted Lorenc Malaj to secure votes in exchange for money for LSI. One vote was bought for 10,000 Lek or about 100 USD. Shabani and Malaj communicated from January 19, 2021 to April 8, 2021, to buy votes for LSI.