Grupi kriminal i “Call Center”/ SPAK përfundon hetimet dhe dërgon dosjen për gjykim!

2024-07-27 14:45:00, Kronika CNA

Grupi kriminal i “Call Center”/ SPAK përfundon hetimet dhe

SPAK has completed the investigations and has sent for trial the file on the "Call Center" criminal group that stole millions of euros from Europeans.

Jusel Mici has been accused of committing the criminal offense of "Computer Fraud", to the detriment of several persons, in cooperation in the form of a structured criminal group, "Creation of a structured criminal group", "Concealment of income" and " Cleaning the products of the criminal offense or criminal activity", in simple cooperation with Mendim Domin.

As for Mendim Domin, they are accused of committing the criminal offense of "Computer Fraud", to the detriment of several persons, carried out in cooperation in the form of a structured criminal group, "Participation in a structured criminal group", "Concealment of income" and "Cleaning the products of the criminal offense or criminal activity", in simple cooperation with the citizen Jusel Mici.

According to SPAK, the two defendants Jusel Mici and Mendim Domi are respectively organizers and members of the structured criminal group created to commit the criminal offenses of computer fraud and money laundering.

The "online" fraud was related to investments of sums in securities and cryptocurrencies, the use of fictitious companies (Capitalcom Investment, Direct Coin Limited, Lead Secure Ltd, Finex Group Ltd, Futurus X OU, Luxor, Mm Consulting SRSS Company Scs Smart Coomunications Services SRLS Estra and others) for the transfer of fraudulent monetary values.

These companies were used for criminal activity, opening foreign current accounts (Lithuania, Great Britain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Italy), managing websites that advertised the activity, as well as using call centers in Italy. and Albania, through which they contacted numerous victims (clients), convincing them to become part of fake investment programs.

The authors proposed to the victims to transfer significant sums of money through online transfers to the foreign current accounts of the above companies. With the immediate receipt of these amounts, from the structured group, this money disappeared, being mainly converted into cryptocurrencies.

"The economic damage caused reaches the value of 3,000,000 Euros (there are doubts that this value is much higher, considering the injured, who have not reported the fraud against them)", announces SPAK.

According to the investigative body, the defendants, with the embezzlement of monetary amounts, have carried out a large number of transfer actions to the accounts of numerous companies opened in Albania, in order to hide and cover the illegal origin of the money.

Also, with this money illegally obtained from fraud, they have carried out numerous transactions, buying immovable property that has been seized.

SPAK notice:

The Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime in Tirana completed the preliminary investigations of criminal proceedings no. 166 of 2021 and submitted to the Court the request for sending the defendants to trial:

Jusel Mici, accused of committing the criminal offense of "Computer fraud", to the detriment of several persons, in cooperation in the form of a structured criminal group, "Creation of a structured criminal group", "Concealment of income" and "Cleaning of the products of the criminal offense or criminal activity", in simple cooperation with the citizen Mendim Domi, provided as a criminal offense by articles 143/b/2, 28/4, 333/a/1 and 334/1, 180/1 and 287/2 of the Criminal Code;

Mendim Domi, accused of committing the criminal offense of "Computer Fraud", to the detriment of several persons, committed in cooperation in the form of a structured criminal group, "Participation in a structured criminal group", "Concealment of income" and " Cleaning the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity", in simple cooperation with the citizen Jusel Mici, provided as a criminal offense by articles 143/b/2, 28/4, 333/a/2 and 334/1, 180/1 and 287/2 of the Criminal Code.

The criminal proceedings began on the basis of the request for mutual legal assistance in criminal cases of the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court of Pisa, Italy, which was investigating within the framework of the criminal proceedings against the accused TONARELLI Stefano Matteo, PERICO Gianmario, MICI Jusel, etc. for the criminal offenses of "Fraud in aggravating circumstances", in the form of a structured criminal group, provided by the Italian Penal Code, article 416, articles 110, 640 Paragraph 2 no. 2 bis - serious fraud in cooperation, criminal offenses provided for by the Albanian criminal legislation, articles 143/b, 28/4, 333/a of the Albanian Penal Code. Under the coordination of Eurojust, between the Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime and the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic at the Court of Pisa, Italy, a joint investigative team was created and the investigations were followed by the 2 respective prosecutor's offices.

In the analysis of the evidence collected during the preliminary investigation, it has been proven that the defendants Jusel Mici and Mendim Domi are respectively organizers and members of the structured criminal group created to commit the criminal offenses of computer fraud and money laundering. The "online" fraud was related to investments of sums in securities and cryptocurrencies, the use of fictitious companies (Capitalcom Investment, Direct Coin Limited, Lead Secure Ltd, Finex Group Ltd, Futurus X OU, Luxor, Mm Consulting SRSS Company Scs Smart Coomunications Services SRLS Estra and others) for the transfer of fraudulent monetary values. These companies were used for criminal activity, opening foreign current accounts (Lithuania, Great Britain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Italy), managing websites that advertised the activity, as well as using call centers in Italy. and Albania, through which they contacted numerous victims (clients), convincing them to become part of fake investment programs. The authors proposed to the victims to transfer significant sums of money through online transfers to the foreign current accounts of the above companies. With the immediate receipt of these amounts, from the structured group, this money disappeared, being mainly converted into cryptocurrencies.

The investigation has fully proven that the defendants have acted in many cases, for which criminal charges have been filed by the victims in Italy. Also, from the controls and seized evidence, there are doubts that the number of injured is many times greater than the number of injured persons who have reported.

The economic damage caused, which has been proven by the investigation, referring exclusively to the income from the alleged frauds, as well as those achieved through the use of fictitious companies, amounts to 3,000,000 Euros (there are doubts that this value is much greater, considering the injured, who did not report the fraud against them).

The defendants, with the embezzlement of monetary amounts, have carried out a large number of transfer actions to the accounts of numerous companies opened in Albania, in order to hide and cover the illegal origin of the money. Also, with this money illegally obtained from fraud, they have carried out numerous transactions, buying real estate

The investigation managed to identify and seize assets derived from this criminal activity, bank accounts with deposits in the value of around 205,000 Euros, as well as the following assets in Tirana:

Property with an area of ??62m², apartment type;

Property with an area of ??83.00 m², apartment type;

Property with an area of ??78.00 m², apartment type,

Property with an area of ??4100.00 m², of the arable type,

Property with an area of ??3720.00 m², of the arable type,

Property with an area of ??4600.00 m², of the arable type,

Property with an area of ??1300.00 m², of the arable type,

Property with an area of ??2639.00 m², of the arable type,

Property with an area of ??2733.00 m², of the arable type,

Property with an area of ??4000.00 m², of the arable type,

Property with an area of ??3180.00.00 m², type Are.

The investigation shows that other Albanian and foreign persons are also involved in this illegal activity, for whom investigations continue within the framework of separate criminal proceedings No. 166/1 of 2021, for the same criminal acts./CNA