The Criminal Court has reached a verdict Tuesday, and Zahir Bekiri - Caus has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison, and a MKD 123,000 fine, for forging personal documents and abusing personal data.
His brother Imer Bekiri has been sentenced to one year in prison, and a MKD 61,500 fine on the same counts.
The court has acquitted them from the charges on manufacturing and purchasing weapons for committing criminal acts.
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He said that after arranging the meeting on the phone, he met a person, whose identity he did not uncover, near the Focus magazine offices, and gave him the 150 personal IDs wrapped in paper, saying they were forged and printed on two locations, that police knew about it, and that there are around 30,000 forged personal IDs used during elections.
Dozens of citizens whose personal data had been used in forging the IDs also gave statements at court during the proceedings. The common element in all statements was that none of the people knew their data has been abused for forging IDs.