VIDEO/ The scheme is revealed, they cheated foreigners to invest sums of money, 4 people are arrested

2023-12-19 11:54:00, Kronika CNA

VIDEO/ The scheme is revealed, they cheated foreigners to invest sums of money,

The Tirana police have arrested 4 people in charge of 2 "call centers" where 29 citizens worked, 10 of them unregistered.

The investigations showed that the "call centers" were fictitiously registered as other legal commercial activities. Meanwhile, the employees were deceiving citizens on different continents, mostly during the night hours, to invest significant sums of money in fictitious markets.

It is suspected that the income generated from this criminal activity was laundered through the businesses of the relatives of the citizens implicated in these cases.

Police Notification:

From the controls of the Police services, carried out 24/7, to guarantee the rule of law in the territory, 2 more call centers were discovered in the capital, where citizens in different continents were deceived, mainly at night, to invest in fictitious markets.

The police operation coded "De facto" is finalized by the Sector for the Investigation of Economic-Financial Crimes, in the Directorate for the Investigation of these crimes, in the DPSSH.

4 citizens are arrested, responsible for the 2 call centers where 29 citizens worked, 10 of them unregistered.

The work continues to capture the administrators of these entities, who had fictitiously registered other legal activities, while the income benefited from the frauds was cleaned through other businesses.

9000 euros, 82 computer units, 23 cell phones, 1 DVR, 2 USB, 50 cards with cell phone numbers (of foreign companies) and other documents that will serve the investigation are seized.

As a result of continuous controls, based on police intelligence information that was obtained following the "Rule of Law" mega-operation, as well as carried out with the objective of identifying and cracking down on cases of computer fraud, through call centers, it was organized and the coded "De facto" police operation was completed.

During the operation: 2 other subjects where this criminal activity was carried out were discovered, citizens B.B., 31 years old, J.J., 31 years old, K.D., 30 years old and A. Ll., 34 years old, all four residents of Tirana, responsible to the 2 call centers, as well as the administrators of these subjects, citizens E. A. and A. O., were announced as wanted.

The investigations showed that these citizens, through 2 call center economic entities in the capital, which were fictitiously registered, as other legal commercial activities, deceived citizens in different continents, mainly during night hours, to invest significant sums of money, in fictitious markets. Also, from the investigations, it is suspected that the income generated from this criminal activity was laundered through the businesses of the relatives of the citizens implicated in these cases.

From the checks, 10 unregistered employees were found in both call centers, as well as seized as material evidence: 9,000 euros, 82 computer units, 23 cell phones, 1 DVR, 2 USB, 50 cards with cell phone numbers, belonging to the companies foreign currency, and other documents that will serve the investigation.

The work continues for the capture of citizens E. A. and A. O., as well as in the direction of the Prosecutor's Office, intensive investigations continue to identify and arrest other citizens who may have been involved in this criminal activity, as well as to seize the assets obtained in violation with the law.

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

The State Police appeals to the administrators of economic entities not to turn their businesses into call centers where Albanian citizens or foreigners are deceived, as controls, cooperation with citizens and the work of police intelligence continue with intensity, and every case of this criminal activity will be ascertained and will be punished with the force of the law./CNA