A apartment turned into call center, arrested the organizer

Tirana police have discovered an apartment adapted as a call center, where foreign nationals were deceived over the phone to invest in fictitious scholarships.

The organizer of this external activity has ended in handcuffs, while 5 employees were processed.

Police have also searched the 37-year-old who rented the apartment.

“As a result of investigations conducted over two months, in the direction of the Prosecution, specialists of the Economic and Financial Investigation Section, in cooperation with the Tirana DVP Operations Force, have finalized the police operation codenamed » Location 2 « as a result of this operation:

– Citizen L. Xh., 37 years old was arrested in flagrance;

– A citizen RM, 37, was declared wanted;

– Criminal proceedings for citizens will, 19 years old, JB, 20, RL, 26, JD, 24, and EN, 34 years old.

During the operation, police services intervened in the apartment on « Panorama » street, which was adapted as a call center, where citizen L. Xh. and 5 operators who cheated on foreign nationals to invest in fictitious scholarships.

Investigations showed that the apartment was rented by citizen RM, with the aim of using it for this illegal activity. Work continues to apprehend this citizen, ”reads the police statement.

Procedural materials were forwarded to the Prosecutor’s Office for further action.