Cheated and took the money to hundreds of Albanian citizens, arrested the Frenchman in Tirana
He sent various citizens in Albania, a false link to supplement the banking data, camouflaging as the subsidiary of a commercial bank, in order to take money from the account, thanks to timely and professionally, identified, seized and arrested the suspect.
Captured in flagrance at a ATM in Tirana, withdrawing money from an account he had received via the link, police arrested the 23-year-old from France.
23-year-old Adem Said, after opening a link in France and deceived hundreds of citizens, had come to Tirana in order to withdraw money from bank accounts he had received through fraud.
The Directorate for Investigation of Cyber Crimes at the GDPP, in cooperation with the Cybercrime Investigation Sector in the DVP Tirana and the Directorate of Special Operations Force, following denunciations taken by citizens who had fallen prey to a fraud through false banking links, successfully finalized the police operation codenamed « Misleading Messages ».
As part of this operation, after intensive investigative and operational work, it was possible to capture and arrest in flagrance of AS, 23, born and resident in France.
The arrest of this citizen was carried out after fraud by sending fake messages to mobile phones, demanding completing personal bank data forms, which he then used to withdraw money through ATMs (ATMs) and bank applications installed on mobile.
Hundreds of Albanian nationals have fallen in this fraud scheme.
Thanks to the rapid and professional actions of the investigative groups, this citizen was carried out in flagrance.
In the quality of the material evidence, 3 cell phones were seized.
Investigations are under way to identify and prosecute other citizens involved in this criminal activity.
Procedural materials have been referred to the Prosecutor’s Office at the Tirana General Jurisdiction Court for the offenses of « Computer Fraud » and « Interference with Computer Data ».
