The Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Fier has completed the investigations and has sent to trial the two directors of the Fier Municipality and the director of the Southern Region DVKT, who are accused of abuse of office and exercising illegal influence.
Among the defendants are: AH, General Director of Taxes and Urban Planning; AC, Director of Local Taxes and Tariffs; and V.Ç., Director of DVKT Southern Region.
The prosecution announces that investigations have revealed that the General Director of Taxes and Urban Planning, with the initials AH, did not take measures to install the fiscal cash register in the Municipality's parking system, allowing the avoidance of tax obligations in significant amounts.
She is also accused of having exerted illegal influence to generate fictitious invoices and reduce tax values for several entities, including manipulating the tax calculation of a private entity.
The AC, on the other hand, has issued invoices above the real value for several entities and, after complaints from the latter, has reduced the tax values even more than the forecasts set by the Municipal Council. It has also not taken measures to fiscalize vehicle parking points in the Municipality's administration.
Meanwhile, V.Ç. forced inspectors to conduct an inspection of a commercial entity without a work order from the GDT, did not request a re-inspection at the General Directorate of Taxes, and did not supervise the awareness campaign for other entities.
In conclusion, the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Fier sent the case to trial against the defendants:
-AH, accused of committing the criminal offenses of “Abuse of office” and “Exercising unlawful influence over persons exercising public functions”, provided for by articles 248 and 245/1 paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code;
-AC, accused of committing the criminal offense of "Abuse of office", provided for by Article 248 of the Criminal Code;
-V.Ç., accused of committing the criminal offense of "Abuse of office", provided for by Article 248 of the Criminal Code.
The Fier Prosecutor's Office emphasizes that it is committed to holding all state employees or public servants who commit criminal offenses against state activity legally accountable.