Shkodra Police has hit a case of production of cryptocurrencies and as a result has arrested one person, while another has been declared wanted.
As part of the "Avalon" operation , Elvis Mehja , 43 years old, resident of Shkodra, was handcuffed, while Jetmir Mehja , 21 years old, resident of Shkodra, was declared wanted.
The two citizens are suspected of having a warehouse in the "Salo Halili" neighborhood, carrying out the illegal activity of producing virtual cryptocurrencies. Police found in the warehouse 16 electronic devices that were used to generate virtual cryptocurrencies, with illegal electricity connections.
Jetmir Mehja is charged with the criminal offenses of "Computer Fraud"; "Theft of electricity or telephone pulses", committed in collaboration; "Concealment of income"; "Unlicensed exercise of commercial activity" and "Laundering of proceeds of crime". Elvis Mehja is charged with the criminal offenses "Production and sale of narcotics" and "Theft of electricity or telephone impulses", committed in collaboration.
Police report that during the search of the 43-year-old's apartment, they found a quantity of cannabis sativa.
Following this operation, the citizen Fatjon Bengu , 33 years old, resident in Shkodra, was prosecuted at large, with the duty of reading the measuring device, in OSHEE Shkodra, for the criminal offense "Abuse of duty".
It is suspected that this citizen has enabled the supply of devices that generate virtual cryptocurrencies, with illegal electricity connections.
The materials were referred to the Shkodra Judicial District Prosecutor's Office for further action.