They defrauded citizens and gained 17 thousand euros, the administrator of the tourist agency is arrested (EMRI)

2025-09-25 13:39:12Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

They defrauded citizens and gained 17 thousand euros, the administrator of the

A married couple, namely the owner of a travel agency and an employee at this agency, have been arrested by the police on suspicion of the criminal offenses of "Fraud" and "Hiding income".

The owner of Sunny Travel, Ardi Gjuzi, 63 years old, and his wife E. Gj., 51 years old, are suspected of having benefited from around 17,000 euros by continuously defrauding customers at the travel agency.

The investigations regarding these individuals began several weeks ago under the direction of the Tirana Prosecution Office in cooperation with the Economic and Financial Crimes Sector of the Tirana Police, following a series of denunciations by several citizens.

The couple is suspected of having taken money from clients for travel ticket and accommodation reservations, but in reality these were fictitious as no bookings were made by the agency.

Police Notification

"After several weeks of investigations led by the Prosecutor's Office, the police operation codenamed "Reservation" is being finalized."   

The administrator of a tourist agency is arrested and the agency employee (his wife) is being prosecuted, as it is suspected that by defrauding the agency's clients, they have benefited from around 17,000 euros.     

Specialists of the Sector for the Investigation of Economic and Financial Crimes of the Tirana Police Department, after handling reports from several citizens for fraud by a travel agency, have conducted several weeks of investigations under the direction of the Prosecution and have finalized the police operation codenamed "Reservation".      

As a result of the operation:

-citizen A. Gj., 63 years old, administrator of the tourist agency, was detained;  

-Criminal proceedings were initiated against citizen E. Gj., 51 years old (wife of citizen A. Gj.), an employee of the agency.      

Investigations suspect that these citizens have benefited from around 17,000 euros by defrauding the agency's clients, from whom they have taken sums of money for booking travel tickets and accommodation, but have not made the reservations. 

The procedural materials were passed to the Prosecution Office for the criminal offenses of "Fraud" and "Hiding Income", the police statement said.


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