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Bankers scandal, how Leonidha Çobo embezzled millions through her sister-in-law's company
2025-07-20 13:42:03 / AKTUALITET
Leonidha Çobo, former administrator of the company "Bankers", who is under arrest on suspicion of money laundering, corruption in the private sector and abuse of power, after it turns out that he transferred millions of euros to the company in the name of his sister-in-law, but also to the accounts of Bankers' subcontractor companies.
The prosecution's findings
Leonidha Çobo, who was the administrator of Bankers Petrolium from July 2012 to February 2016, and has held other management positions within the company, is suspected of money laundering, as he contributed by increasing the company's expenses, with the aim of avoiding profit and then sharing this profit with the Albanian state, according to the agreement.
The investigation revealed that Leonidha Çobo and two other company executives received over 3 million euros in bonuses, under the pretext of changing the ownership of the company, because the company turned out to have been sold, thus burdening the company's balance sheets.
He is also accused of abuse of power and corruption in the private sector, due to the conclusion of a multi-year agreement between Bankers Petrolium and the company "Tea Co" shpk, founded by his brother, Artur Çobo and his sister-in-law Antigoni Çobo. This company has benefited from considerable amounts over the years. As evidenced by the prosecution, the income of the company "Tea Co" fell drastically, after the departure of Leonidha Çobo from his positions in the company Bankers Petrolium.
The scandal in this case lies in several aspects. The company "Tea Co" had declared as employees only drivers and technical assistants, as well as employees of funeral agencies.
According to the prosecution, the invoices of the company "Tea Co" were used by the company Bankers Petroleum to obtain VAT reimbursement from the Albanian state, by not declaring them as legitimate operational expenses, causing the state great economic damage.
"These invoices are suspected to be largely fictitious or inflated," the prosecution says. Leonidha Çobo has had the same situation with the company MAB OIL LTD in Britain, where there have also been accusations from his own successors in the management of the company Bankers Petroleum.
According to the prosecution, with the assets created from these illegal activities, he created a network of companies and transferred the money from one to another, trying to present it as assets coming from legitimate economic-financial activities.
The prosecution says that during the time he was employed by the company Bankers Petrolium, Leonidha Cobo opened the entity Leonidha Cobo natural person and invoiced money in significant amounts to the accounts of his sister-in-law's company. After leaving the company, he also started and invoiced for other companies that are subcontractors of Bankers, such as the company "H2015", "Green house Smart Technoloi LTD", "AS Geotechnology single person private company", "TETRA" etc.
The Fier Prosecution signed 14 arrest and detention orders for managers and former employees of the Bankers company, which, from investigations, resulted in profiting billions of euros from exporting oil for 20 years in a row, while not paying a single penny into the state budget.
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