NAME/ Profited 344 thousand euros by cheating, the court leaves the former director of the ministry in prison

2022-12-30 12:15:54Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

NAME/ Profited 344 thousand euros by cheating, the court leaves the former

Viola Sterjo was left in prison by the court of Korça after being arrested a few days ago for fraud with serious consequences.

The 39-year-old former employee in the administration was put in handcuffs a few days ago, after she managed to get 344 thousand euros from 4 businesses in Korça and Pogradec. Sterjo has not accepted the charges, claiming that he did not deceive anyone.

39-year-old Viola Sterjo managed to deceive businesses by using her position and recognition in the Ministry of Tourism and Environment, to guarantee to the subjects that they would win projects from AZHBR, with financing values ​​from 1 million to 4 million euros .

The Korça Prosecutor's Office investigated Sterjo for a long time and based on the evidence so far, the court ordered him to be arrested and imprisoned. The 39-year-old woman was arrested in Tirana, where she lives.

Police notification

"Specialists for the Investigation of Economic-Financial Crime at DVP Korçë, in cooperation with the specialists of the Research Section at DVP Tirana, carried out the execution of the order of the Prosecutor's Office for the detention of citizen VS, 39 years old, resident in Tirana.

Her arrest was made after the Korçë Court of First Instance, with the decision dated 26.12.2022, has assigned the security measure "Prison arrest" for this citizen, for the criminal offense "Fraud", with serious consequences.

From the investigations carried out, it results that in the period March-November 2020, through fraud, VS is suspected to have benefited in the city of Korça, a significant amount of money, with the aim of influencing state institutions, so that various citizens benefited from monetary funds from the state.

The materials were passed to the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance Korça, for further actions," the police announced.


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