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Shkruar nga PamfletiWith Albanian names at the top and hundreds of victims around the world, the XUEX scheme requires immediate investigation by Economic Crime, SPAK and BKH, before Albania is declared the center of global cryptocurrency fraud.
One of the most sophisticated international financial fraud schemes, operating under the names XUEX Exchange and EG Investment Group, has been revealed to be directly controlled from Albania. What initially appeared to be a foreign scam that simply affected Albanians has turned out to be a centralized network run by an Albanian operative cell based in Tirana. The network is built on a false facade that uses fake images of major institutions such as Bridgewater Associates, the IMF and Princeton University to deceive uninformed individuals about investing in cryptocurrency.
At the center of this scam is the fictional character "Anthony Leo Smith" , presented as a financial genius with a degree from Princeton and experience as president of an American financial association. In reality, the only company registered under this name is "EG Investment Group Inc", created in Colorado, USA in June 2024, while the scam claims that the group has been active since 2018. This fundamental discrepancy is just the tip of the iceberg.
The network operates through a website (a-egig.vip) and the platforms xuexn.com and xuex.net, protected with sophisticated technologies such as Cloudflare to hide the real location of the servers. They offer a so-called “triple economic cooperation” model between XUEX, EG Group and investors, promising profits from trading in instant contracts. In reality, it is a pure pyramid scheme, where new victims are recruited to pay for the “profits” of those who have already joined.
Financially, the network operates in a highly disciplined manner through the USDT currency on the TRC20 standard of the TRON blockchain. A separate deposit address is created for each victim to avoid centralized tracking. The funds are transferred through several intermediary wallets to share the link to the original address and are then settled in fiat (regular money) through platforms such as Binance and KuCoin, known for their intensive use by traders in the Balkans. Large amounts end up with Albanian OTC traders who operate illegally and do not report to financial supervision systems.
The strongest evidence that proves Albanian involvement as a central structure, and not simply as an exploitation of the territory, comes from analyzing communications on Telegram. In the closed group “EG-82-Dorina Group” , which operates in the Albanian language, an individual named Dritan Cekrez has been identified , who actively recruits with clear messages and instructions for payments in USDT. These messages are directly linked to the name of the network operator “LeoSmith” , the alias of Anthony Leo Smith. This private channel could not be found publicly, in contrast to the Bulgarian channel “XUEX Trading Hub”, which is used for mass recruitment. This indicates that the Albanian-speaking group is an internal, high-level part and under the direct command of the head of the scheme.
To deceive the public, the network uses fake reviews on Trustpilot, where 87% of the ratings are 5-star and with similar language, automatically generated from addresses located in the US. Even fake (deepfake) videos of figures like Elon Musk have been used to create credibility with victims.
The risk is no longer hypothetical. Albania has become a functional center of digital fraud on a global scale. The command, structure, financial circulation and technical controls of the XUEX/EG network are centralized in an Albanian operational cell that uses cryptocurrencies, encrypted communications and sophisticated money laundering networks.
SPAK, the National Bureau of Investigation, and the Directorate of Economic Crime Investigation should launch an in-depth criminal investigation into the activities of the XUEX/EG group and the individuals who run this scheme from Albania.
This includes:
Tracking and seizing funds circulating through TRON/USDT,
Closing communication and promotion channels on social networks,
Investigating networks of OTC traders that operate outside any legal framework and assist in money laundering on Albanian territory.
Every day of delay gives criminal organizations time to build more sophisticated structures.
Albania cannot be a technological haven for international-level fraudsters. /Pamphlet
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