Pyramid company administrator: how 1.2 billion new lek will be distributed Usury schemes, 83,000 creditors benefit Zini Tollozhani: “Gjallica,” 51,000 former creditors will benefit. Only 25 assets remain, mainly apartments. The loan document must be presented to the bank Available to the 83,000 creditors of the pyramid companies who have not yet withdrawn the corresponding sums are 1.2 billion new lek (approximately 12 million dollars). The data on the number of creditors and the remaining amount from the pyramid companies were made public last night on the program “Të bësh Ekonomi” by journalist Aurora Sulçe on “News 24”, by the Administrator of the Lending Companies, Zini Tollozhani. During the program he clarified that there is still a quantity of real estate assets left from the pyramid companies, but added that their sale will not affect the coefficient to be returned to the creditors, since these are properties of very low value, while the number of creditors is very large. “We hope to get money only from ‘Vefa’ and ‘Gjallica’, but in any case the value obtained will not affect the creditors’ coefficient,” Tollozhani emphasized. Of the 83,000 creditors who will benefit, 51,000 belong to the company “Gjallica”, which also has a minimal coefficient... Continued on page 7

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