"Amant Josifi, strong ties at all levels"/ Journalist: His colleague broke down the fraud scheme

2023-09-14 18:29:00, Kronika CNA

"Amant Josifi, strong ties at all levels"/ Journalist: His colleague

The former adviser of the former foreign minister, Olta Xhaçka, Amant Josifi

The former adviser of the former foreign minister, Olta Xhaçka, Amant Josifi, has been arrested in Dubai for fraud with Call Centeer, on behalf of the Spanish authorities.

Journalist Elkier Bushkolaj spoke about Josif's arrest this afternoon.

He stated in a television appearance that the former adviser of Xhaçka was able to escape from the handcuffs in November last year due to the strong connections he had in all ranks.

According to him, one of Josif's 4 associates, arrested by the police, has dismantled almost the entire scheme of defrauding about 200 thousand citizens.

Xhaçka's former adviser, Amant Josifi, is arrested in Dubai
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"He was an adviser in the Ministry of Defense in the period 2017-2020, which coincides with the time when Olta Xhaçka was Minister of Defense. During this period, in Spain, in 2018, an investigation was initiated following investigations of Spanish citizens who were defrauded by companies that encourage them to invest in the stock market.

It is about a group of companies related to 'Forex', call center companies whose headquarters were in Kiev. Mr. Josif is also thought to have been a part of this. They committed fraud on about 200,000 citizens, mainly in Spain, Germany and other EU countries. In November last year, they performed an operation in Albania.

They came precisely for the arrest of Armant Josif and his associates. Josif was able to escape arrest, apparently because of the deconspiracy and the very strong connections he had in almost all ranks, but 4 of his accomplices were captured. In his testimony, one of them has broken down almost the entire scheme of how different citizens from different countries of the European Union, who were generally in their third years, who lost their life savings, fell into the trap of fraud.

The Spanish newspaper described Joseph as a man with very strong connections that reached the highest ranks of the government. "Besides the fact that he was an advisor in the Ministry of Defense, he was only 26 years old and was involved in issues related to NATO," the journalist emphasized./ CNA