New details: Both the director and his deputy extorted around 400 thousand euros from two UBA Bank clients!

2026-06-03 13:40:23Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
New details: Both the director and his deputy extorted around 400 thousand euros
UBA Bank

A citizen's complaint about the disappearance of 500 thousand lek from his bank accounts at UBA Bank , as well as a report filed by the bank itself, led to the uncovering of a theft scheme by the employees of the private financial institution themselves.

At the request of the Tirana Prosecutor's Office, the respective court has imposed 12 security measures: " Prison arrest ", " House arrest " and " Suspension of public service " for employees of one of the UBA Bank branches, who are accused of the criminal offenses of " Theft by abuse of office ", " Forgery of documents " and " Computer forgery ".

Among those prosecuted are the director of the bank branch where the theft occurred, Albin Keta , and his deputy, Gilbert Hoxha , both arrested.

According to a notice distributed by the General Prosecutor's Office on Wednesday, investigations have revealed that 30 withdrawals were made from the bank's client accounts without a mandate, and several time deposits in euros and dollars were opened and closed without authorization.

According to the prosecution, Director Keta and his deputy are accused of repeatedly committing illegal acts while exercising their functional duties.

"By abusing their position and access to the banking system, they have embezzled the monetary amounts of two clients through the use of false withdrawal mandates, without a mandate, illegal intervention in the system through currency conversions, opening/closing deposits, and changing data without authorization," the prosecutor's office said in a statement.

Also, it was acted in cooperation with other bank employees, in the capacity of cashier, supervisor and customer service.

"This benefit scheme carried out by bank employees according to their function, functioned according to the mechanism: cashier/customer service, through exclusive access to customer funds, interventions were carried out and the banking system was manipulated, actions which were verified and authorized by the management level in the hierarchy, the operational manager and the branch director, who have the obligation to verify, control and final authorization for the execution of the banking transaction", the prosecution announced.

Four of the bank employees who have been suspended from duty, who are accused of " Computer Forgery ", have been found to have carried out banking operations and transactions in the absence of a contract, thereby helping the other defendants to steal monetary values.


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