The owner and two employees (operators) of a Call Center in Tirana have been arrested, after deceiving foreign citizens to invest in fictitious exchanges (Forex).
Also, 3 other citizens, employed as operators in this subject, were criminally prosecuted.
The police announce that they have seized 4 mobile devices, sums of money suspected to have benefited from this criminal activity, as well as the list with the data of foreign nationals who were allegedly defrauded to invest in fictitious stock markets.
The specialists of the Section for the Investigation of Economic and Financial Crimes at the DVP Tirana, under the direction of the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of Tirana, after a genuine investigative work, successfully organized and finalized the coded police operation "Snare".
As a result of this operation, the following citizens were arrested in flagrante delicto:
- Enrik Shehi, 29 years old (administrator of the call center entity), Armend Haxhiu, 26 years old and Igli Isufaj, 20 years old (call center operators), all three residents of Tirana.
In addition, citizens ES, 25 years old, GR, 22 years old and AH, 18 years old, all three residents of Tirana, employed as operators in this subject, were criminally prosecuted.
From the investigative actions, it was found that Enrik Shehi managed, on "Gjergj Fishta" boulevard, a private call center entity, not registered with the competent bodies.
Following the actions, it was found that the citizens AH, II, ES, GR, and AH, employed as operators in the call center entity, called foreign citizens, presented themselves as sales agents and through fraud, convinced them to invest in the stock market. fictitious (Forex).
As a result of the operation, 4 mobile phones, sums of money suspected to have benefited from this criminal activity, as well as the list of foreign nationals who were allegedly deceived into investing in fictitious stock exchanges were seized as material evidence. .
The work continues for the complete documentation of this criminal activity, the identification of other persons involved in it, as well as the confiscation of the assets that are the source of this criminal activity.
The materials were passed to the Prosecution, for further procedural actions, for the criminal offenses "Fraud", "Exercise of financial activities without a license" and "Concealment of income".