Fraudulent call center busted in Tirana, 4 arrested! Owner declared wanted

A call center through which foreign citizens were defrauded with the aim of stealing large sums of money has been uncovered in Tirana, on Kavaja Street.

From the police operation, 4 people caught in the act were arrested, while a 23-year-old woman is being prosecuted at liberty. Meanwhile, the owner of this call center, the 45-year-old with initials T. B., has been declared wanted.

“The investigation showed that the premises were owned by citizen T. B., who, in cooperation with the above-mentioned citizens, administered it with the aim of carrying out this illegal activity.

At the end of the first investigative actions, citizens E. Xh., 40, G. N., 42, E. D., 32, and E. H., 31, were arrested. Citizen T. B., 45, was declared wanted, while citizen E. A., 23, was prosecuted at liberty,” the police announce.

It was the Economic Crime unit that uncovered the call center base, inside which the notebooks with the names of the defrauded clients were also found and seized. Klan News journalist Besar Bajraktaraj reports that not only with fictitious stock exchanges, but the arrested persons would call the defrauded clients again, presenting themselves as lawyers. At that point they defrauded them again, taking from 5,000 to 10,000 euros from them.

As material evidence, 13 computer units, 19 mobile phones, 7 laptops and other materials suspected of being related to this activity were seized.