Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva demanded that the “Empire” and “Poshtenska Banka” cases be closed with money and that no one goes to jail, SPO Prosecutor Lile Stefanova revealed today.

In her press release, Stefanova says that a meeting was held at Janeva’s office on April 16, 2019, at which the special prosecutor brought forward certain decisions before the prosecutors in attendance regarding actions in the “Empire” and “Poshtenska Banka” cases.

Specifically, we were instructed, by May 6, 2019, at the latest, to submit written reports on the damage in both cases that the suspects had to pay to the state, after which the cases “will be closed” and the suspects “don’t go to prison“. However, prosecutor Burim Rustemi and I prepared written reports in which, in addition to the amounts of damage, we also listed possible prison sentences under the Criminal Code in the event of an agreement with the Public Prosecutor. In addition, for the “Empire” case I emphasized that it is at a very early stage for a possible settlement and that the investigation should continue in the next period, says Stefanova.