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| Albanian police in official statement after the arrest of 35 for cybercrime |
The State Police arrested on Friday 35 people suspected of organizing a fraud scheme, through call centers (Call Center) in Albania. Another 20 were prosecuted at large.
Police announced that among those arrested is also an Israeli citizen, who is suspected of being the organizer of the fraud scheme.
"It turned out that the Israeli citizen is the organizer of this fraud scheme," said Tonin Vocaj - Director of the Criminal Police Department at the State Police.
He said that during the several months of investigation, it was discovered that RG Capital, in cooperation with other persons, was attracting "clients" to the fraud scene.
"For several years, a commercial entity RG Capital carried out its activity in the field of telephone call center or as it is known Call Center, the victims of this criminal activity were identified abroad. "Investigations of several months made it possible to identify the perpetrators of this subject, the scheme of operation and the field of cooperation of persons involved in this criminal activity", said Vocaj.
According to him, over 2 million people from different countries of the world are involved in this fraud scheme.
Local media have uncovered the investigative file, which is related to the fraud of thousands of citizens from different countries of the European Union, through Call Centers in Albania. The file states that “the partner services are investigating the criminal offense of computer fraud, for-profit, where the damage caused to citizens amounts to several thousand euros.
As soon as the victim registered on the fraud platform with his or her name, surname, email and phone number, the perpetrators contacted immediately him on the phone and established a trust base with the alleged client. Initially, the client is tempted to invest in small amounts, with the promise that the alleged broker of the investment site will realize a large profit by investigating the shares and encrypted currencies.
"This promise based on a fictitious platform, which aims to deceive victims through computer systems, for unjust economic benefits, is false."
As part of the investigation launched in September 2021, the Tirana Prosecutor's Office ordered the arrest of 35 people, including the administrator of the "RG Capital", the Israeli citizen, Refael Genish. Meanwhile, another 20 people are being investigated at large.