68,000 euros benefited from fraud/ 2 call center administrators are handcuffed, two others are being sought

2023-09-22 11:25:00, Kronika CNA

68,000 euros benefited from fraud/ 2 call center administrators are handcuffed,

The police have hit a call center entity after discovering that they were defrauding foreign citizens through fictitious scholarships.

During the control in the subject, 68 thousand euros were seized, which are suspected to have benefited from fraud.

As a result, 2 citizens were put in handcuffs, as well as 2 other citizens were declared wanted, the four administrators of a "call center" entity.

These 4 citizens managed a call center on Rugë e Zalli, in which about 60 employees were employed, who, together with the administrators, called foreign citizens, mainly Italians, presented themselves as sales agents and through fraud, convince them to invest in the fictitious Forex exchange.

During the operation, the following were found and seized as material evidence: 68,000 euros, computer units, mobile devices, tablets, payment mandates and blocks with various data of foreign citizens who were allegedly defrauded, to invest in fictitious stock exchanges .

Police Notification

They tricked foreign citizens, through the phone, to invest in fictitious stock exchanges, 2 citizens were arrested, 2 other citizens were declared wanted, the four administrators of a "call center" entity.

68,000 euros, computer units, mobile phones, tablets, payment mandates and blocks with various data of foreign citizens who are suspected to have been defrauded, to invest in fictitious stock exchanges, are seized.

The specialists of the Section for the Investigation of Economic and Financial Crimes, in cooperation with the Sector of the Special Operational Force in the DVP Tirana, and the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of the General Jurisdiction Tirana, after a genuine investigative work, successfully organized and finalized police operation codenamed "Momentum".

As a result of this operation:

- the red-handed arrest of citizens BK, 27 years old, and MK, 25 years old, both residents of Tirana;

- citizens JK, 51 years old, and EK, 32 years old, were declared wanted.

The materials were passed to the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of the General Jurisdiction in Tirana, for further procedural actions.