What made the case against Amant Josif and his associates even more serious was the fact that, not long ago, he had served as an adviser to the Minister of Defense, Olta Xhaçka, while the latter was leading this department.
The escape of the crypto-currency fraud boss and call-center, Amant Josifi, is over. Known as the close friend of former minister Olta Xhaçka and the prime minister's brother, Olsi Rama, Josifi managed to escape an operation by SPAK and the Spanish authorities a few months ago, fleeing to Dubai. But the escape has ended, as he was arrested today on account of the Spanish authorities. According to sources, he was arrested 1 week ago.
Many were Spanish citizens and not only, who fell prey to fraud schemes by Call Ceneters operating from different countries of the world, among them also through Albania.
But the denunciations made by Spanish citizens would only be the tip of the iceberg of what investigators would uncover. Soon, the fraud scheme through the Call Center would highlight the acquaintances of the crime with the authorities in Albania, which this time turned out to have direct links, even to the highest governing bodies in Albania.
This name, which would turn out to be the key man in the Call Center fraud business, would be Amant Josifi, who, thanks to the investigations launched by SPAK in cooperation with Eurojust and Europol, turned out to be the owner of 6 telephone fraud centers in Albania related to the company 'Milton Group'.
" On November 8 and 9, 2022, in cooperation with Eurojust and Europol, the Special Structure Against Organized Crime and Corruption, SPAK raided 6 call centers in Albania linked to the 'Milton Group' and arrested 4 suspects," the file says investigation.
But what made the case against Amant Josif and his associates even more serious was the fact that, not long ago, he had served as an adviser to the Minister of Defense, Olta Xhaçka, while the latter was leading this department.
But what is the proven connection between Amant Josif and Olsi Rama, Prime Minister Rama's brother? Amant Josifi's relationship with Olsi Rama dates back to 2014, when they founded the company 'Pegasus Communication LLC', shares of which Josifi later sold in 2018.
Por për të arritur deri te emri i Amant Josifit dhe lidhjeve të tij me një nga skemat më të mëdha të mashtrimit telefonik, të njohur si Call Center, policisë spanjolle iu desh të hulumtonte miliona emaile të përdorura nga kompanitë në zotërim të tij. Sipas dokumenteve gjyqësore, pas tre kompanive kryesore mashtruese qëndron biznesmeni 33-vjeçar, Amant Josifi.
“Nga procedurat hetimore të realizuara në Shqipëri nëpërmjet letër-porosisë së dërguar nga autoritetet spanjolle, janë zbuluar 10 qendra thirrjesh të lidhura me 24 platforma mashtruese të investimeve”, thuhet në dosjen spanjolle.
In order to discover the links between the Call Centers in Albania and the fraudulent investment pages of the "Group", the Spanish investigators have analyzed 3 million emails sent through dozens of different platforms, where the interconnection of the "call center" platforms with other companies is evidenced. linked to the criminal organization with international scope.
The very high number of victims who had fallen prey to this fraud showed the extent of the Call Center's reach in Europe, where the investigations revealed that more than 235,000 victims had been defrauded, almost a third of them residing in Germany. Meanwhile, as the anonymous operator stated, many of the families that had fallen prey to this fraud had already not only lost all their finances, but at the same time their families had also been destroyed.
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