He requested freedom in the Special Appeal, the decision is made for the "microcredit boss", Arben Meskuti

2025-06-17 14:01:46Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Arben Meskuti

The Special Appeals Court has once again rejected Arben Meskuti's request to change the security measure "prison arrest", leaving the first instance decision in force.

Meskuti is in custody in the case known as the “microcredit case”, where he is suspected of defrauding thousands of debtor citizens through a well-organized financial scheme. The Special Prosecution Office accuses him and his associates of creating and running a pyramid scheme through several financial companies.

The criminal proceedings for the microcredit fraud scheme were initiated in February 2020 by the Tirana Prosecution Office, following a report filed by the Ministry of Justice, where the prosecution discovered that 5 companies, Micro Credit Albania, ADCA, SHP Zig, FS, FLASH, received from a second-tier bank 3,999 loans considered bad and unpaid over the years, with a total amount of around 7.3 million euros.

In December of last year, the Tirana Prosecution Office declared incompetence over the microcredit file, referring it to the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecution Office.

This is the second time that the courts have refused to release the microcredit boss from prison.

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