"My client, Vijard Kotorri, found the money on the street, near Lapraka." So declares the lawyer of the young man who is already behind bars on the charge of fraud with coins.
After the Tirana court sentenced Kotor and Ervin Kamolli to prison, as well as Edmond Dokushi, the young man's lawyer showed his version in a statement to the media.
He said that the young man had just found out that he had been declared wanted, had been handed over to the police. According to him, the young man who grew up in the village of SOS, after his parents had abandoned him, had thought that with that money he would make a few days of 'luxury' life, adding that the other two detainees had nothing to do with the event.
"As soon as my client, Vijard Kotorrin, learned that he was declared wanted, he turned himself in to the local police in Tirana, becoming an accomplice in the investigation. He was cooperative, apologized. Expresses regret and not only that, but shows that she will be cooperative to the end. He has found, as he has stated. As for the other two people, I want to emphasize that they are innocent, but they were just friends, friends of Vijard. At no point did they know he had found them. According to the statements he told me, he told me that he found that money near Lapraka. He is a person who grew up in the village of SOS, it should be noted this fact, he has never seen so much money. ‘I was tempted’ he said and went to break some money and thought of making a ‘luxury life’ as it were. The moment he found out that the money was counterfeit, he burned it. The other money he says he burned. "He had found about 8 thousand dollars", said the lawyer.