One person arrested for involving in criminal offenses of “customer fraud” and “buyers fraud”

Prishtinë, 14 may 2020

Directorate for Investigation of Economic Crimes and Corruption (DIECC), respectively the Regional Unit for Investigation of Economic Crimes of Corruption – Prishtina (RUIECC), on 01.04.2020 has received an information related to a tender of KEK (tender by negotiation in the amount of 26.336.00 euros), for providing hands disinfectant, there are suspicions of abuse and criminal activity by the winning tender company.

It is suspected that the disinfectant that the winning company has delivered does not meet the requested criteria, it was suspected that alcohol content in hand disinfectant is not 70% alcohol, as it was requested. Police investigators, performed a test and expertise of disinfectants in the licensed laboratory of Kosovo Customs and the result is that: the disinfectant had only 40% alcohol.

By these actions, the suspected owner of the company: Sh.D. year of birth 1977, Kosovar male, is suspected of having committed a criminal offense: “customer fraud” under Article 292 of the CCRK and “buyers fraud” under Article 293 of the CCRK.

The suspect, after being interrogated by the police investigators, was taken into custody for 48 hours by a decision of the custodial prosecutor.