She took money from clients and did not open legal proceedings/ The Fier Prosecution Office sends the lawyer to trial

2025-12-02 14:31:00, Aktualitet CNA

She took money from clients and did not open legal proceedings/ The Fier

The Fier Prosecutor's Office has completed its investigations and sent to trial a lawyer who was defrauding clients by taking money and not opening legal proceedings.

The Prosecution's announcement states that in order to make her claim credible, the lawyer has, in certain cases, submitted documents to citizens whose content did not represent reality.

She mostly deceived people who lived outside the territory and were unable to be present in Albania at all times and had no information about the judicial or administrative procedures that the lawyer claimed to be pursuing on their behalf.

Defendant AB will be tried for committing the criminal offense of "Fraud" more than once, "Fraud" with serious consequences and "Forgery of documents".

Announcement from the Fier Prosecutor's Office

The Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Fier has completed the investigations and is sending citizen AB to trial for the criminal offense of 'Fraud' more than once, as provided for in Article 143/2 of the Criminal Code.

Given the fact that other reports have been filed against this citizen by various citizens, criminal report no. 246/2021, proceedings no. 724 of 2019, no. 734 of 2019, no. 95 of 2020, no. 111/2020, no. 728 of 2019 and no. 512 of 2020 have also been joined to this proceeding.

From the investigations, on criminal proceedings no. 181, dated 16.03.2018, after denunciations made by various citizens, it resulted that the defendant AB, in her capacity as a lawyer, through lies, has embezzled various amounts of money from various persons, claiming that this amount was needed for representation as a lawyer, but in fact, no legal proceedings have been opened by the defendant or the administrative or procedural actions claimed by her have been carried out.

To make her claim credible, in certain cases, she has submitted documents to citizens whose content did not represent reality. This course of action by the defendant has also been used in other cases and generally the injured parties were identified as citizens who lived outside the territory and were unable to be present in Albania at all times and had no information regarding the judicial or administrative procedures that the lawyer allegedly followed on their behalf.

At the conclusion of the investigations, the prosecution has sent the defendant AB for trial for the criminal offense of "Fraud" more than once, to the detriment of the victims AS, KS, O.Sh and DL, provided for by Article 143/2 of the Criminal Code and for the criminal offense of "Fraud", with serious consequences, to the detriment of the victim M.Sh, provided for by Article 143/3 of the Criminal Code and for the criminal offense of "Forgery of documents", provided for by Article 186, paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code.

In addition, the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Fier expresses its full commitment to investigating and holding legally accountable persons who commit criminal offenses that affect the property and economic rights of the injured parties. /CNA