Several online media outlets in Kosovo have reported that Vetevendosje Movement MP Haki Abazi has invested 250 euros in cryptocurrency (BitCoin).
During fact-checking, hibrid.info has managed to confirm that these online media outlets have not reported accurately on this issue. It seems that this incorrect reporting has also occurred as a result of the Anti-Corruption Agency (AKK), the institution in which the reporting of assets by political and public officials is carried out, not keeping records of the correct printing of numbers with thousands of values.
In the asset declaration form to the AKK, in the securities section, Abazi declared that the investment in the cryptocurrency "BitCoin" amounts to 250 (250.00) and not 250 thousand (250,000.00) as some online media have reported.
You can find the links to the article published in the online media "Reporteri.net", "Kosova.info", "Lajmi.net" and "Periskopi.com" here, here, here and here.
Hibrid.info has found the asset declaration form of VV MP Haki Abazi, where it is clearly seen that the investment in BitCoin is 250.00.
You can find the asset declaration form from Haki Abazi here. here.
However, the decimal point system used by the AKK itself in their forms may have confused the media. This form uses the thousands-valued number system of countries such as the USA, Great Britain and other English-speaking countries in the world, and not the European system.
While in the above-mentioned countries, a decimal point is used after the thousandth digit (example 100,000.00), in the main European countries a period is placed, or a space is left (example 100.000,00 or 100 000,00). (see explanation here)
However, considering that the AKM form uses the Anglo/American system of units, it is implied that the dot does not separate the thousandth digit, but rather separates the unit from the sub-unit (i.e. the euro from the cent). So 250.00 in the Anglo/American system is 250 euros and 00 cents.
Analyze:
Several online media outlets in Kosovo have reported that Vetëvendosje MP Haki Abazi, in his asset declaration, stated that he had invested 250 thousand euros in cryptocurrency (BitCoin).
During the fact-checking, hibrid.info has confirmed that the reporting of these portals is not accurate. This is due to the fact that in Abazi's form, in the securities section, he declared that he had invested 250, not 250 thousand euros in Bitcoin, as reported by the aforementioned media.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info has rated these articles as "Error".
Reasoning:
The "Error" rating is given to media reports in which the media editorial staff made a mistake by publishing incorrect information or broadcasting unverified news from another source, without the clear intention of misinforming the public.