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Call Center defrauded European citizens/ Two people arrested, 38 employees prosecuted

2025-10-04 10:54:00, Aktualitet CNA
Call Center defrauded European citizens/ Two people arrested, 38 employees
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An operation to crack down on a Call Center that was deceiving European citizens into investing in fictitious stock exchanges has been finalized in Tirana.

The administrator of the entity was arrested as part of this operation, where over 65 thousand euros were found. According to information, another person was also arrested, in whose apartment 41,500 euros and 700,000 new lek were found, suspected to have been obtained from illegal activity.

Meanwhile, 38 employees of this Call Center have been criminally prosecuted. The police have seized a total of 106,710 euros and 700,000 new lekë, 51 computer units, 14 mobile phones, and lists of client names and amounts received. 

Police announcement:

State Police

Police operation codenamed "SCAMS" is finalized

The operation was organized by the Directorate for the Investigation of Economic and Financial Crimes in the Criminal Police Department of the General Directorate of the State Police.

During the operation, another Call Center in Tirana was hit, which served to deceive European citizens, convincing them to invest in fictitious stock exchanges.

The administrator of the entity was arrested, where 65,210 euros were found.

Another citizen was also arrested, and 41,500 euros and 700,000 new lek were found in his apartment, which are suspected to have been the proceeds of illegal activity.

38 citizens employed at the call center are being prosecuted.

A total of 106,710 euros and 700,000 new lek, 51 computer units, 14 mobile phones, lists of client names and amounts received, etc. were seized.

The specialists of the Economic and Financial Crimes Investigation Sector, following successive operations to crack down on economic and financial crimes, based on information received that on "Bardhok Biba" street, in a licensed entity for marketing, support and consultancy in any legal activity in the territory of the Republic of Albania and abroad, an illegal Call Center activity was being carried out with the aim of defrauding European citizens, have organized and finalized the police operation codenamed "SCAMS".

As part of the operation, specialists from the Economic and Financial Crimes Investigation Sector at the DPPSH, with the support of the "Eagles" Special Force at the DVP Tirana, have conducted a search of the premises of an entity with the administrator, citizen KP, 28 years old, residing in Tirana.

During the inspection, 38 operators were identified, who are suspected of deceiving citizens in various European countries into investing in fictitious stock exchanges.

The following were found and seized as material evidence at the subject's premises:

65,210 euros without documentation to verify the source; a list of names assigned to each operator at the time of introduction to the victim; a list of amounts that each operator had embezzled through fraud; a list of targets set by managers and bonuses that operators received based on targets, which for the month of October was 1.5 million euros; 51 computer units and 14 mobile phones.

Following the operation, searches were conducted in the apartments of close associates of citizen KP, and from the searches, 41,500 euros and 700,000 new lek were found and seized as material evidence in the apartment of citizen MH, 38 years old, without documentation of the source of income.

At the end of the first investigative actions, citizens KP and MH were arrested in flagrante delicto.

The procedural materials will be transferred to the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Tirana for further investigative actions for the criminal offenses of "Fraud with serious consequences"; "Illegal employment"; "Hiding income"; "Non-payment of taxes and duties"; and "Laundering of the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity." /CNA





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