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SPAK has closed the investigations against the criminal group that through Call Centers deceived and extorted thousands of Italians two years ago.
The Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime in Tirana has completed the preliminary investigations for a criminal group, who cheated by stealing bank data, through which they "extorted" 4.7 million euros.
The criminal group of 17 people had a call center in Tirana, where they used many operators to contact a large number of people living in Italy.
The callers instructed the 'phished' Italians to download the AnyDesk application, thereby gaining access to his computer to obtain bank security codes, allowing him to access bank account numbers directly. .
SPAK's full announcement:
The Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime in Tirana has completed preliminary investigations for criminal proceedings no. 121 of 2021, for the criminal offenses of "Computer Fraud", to the detriment of several persons, in cooperation in the form of a structured criminal group, "Creation of the structured criminal group", provided as a criminal offense by articles 143/b/2, 28/4, 333/a/1 and 334/1 of the Criminal Code.
This proceeding was registered after the Italian judicial authorities, specifically the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic at the Court of Pordenone, Italy, were investigating a criminal group involved in conducting transactions by means of computer fraud, these offenses also provided for in the Albanian criminal legislation , from articles 143/b, 28/4, 33/a and 334 of the Criminal Code. Furthermore, the Special Prosecutor's Office against Corruption and Organized Crime and the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic at the Court of Pordenone, Italy, have signed on 22.04.2021 the creation of a Joint Investigation Team.
From the investigations initially developed by the Prosecutor's Office of Pordenone, Italy, it resulted that the Postal Police Section of Pordenone had identified that a criminal group had a call center located in Tirana (Albania), where it used many operators to contact a large number of people living in Italy. People were contacted by phone, they were offered the online purchase of "Amazon" shares with the untrue promise of earning large and fast sums. At the moment when the informed customer accepted the investment signature, an e-mail was sent to him containing a link through which he was connected to start buying the titles.
In this context, the victim downloaded the "AnyDesk" application according to the caller's instructions, effectively allowing the fraudster to log in as an outsider to his computer and obtain the bank's security codes, allowing him to enter the account numbers directly. banking.
The same fraudsters, with the aim of getting more money from the "buyers", made the victims believe that in order to get possession of the very large sums earned through investment, they must pay some kind of tax/commission according to the presumed rules, set by the European Central Bank since the Trading Company is located in England, that is outside the European Union.
Among other things, the investigations revealed that the criminal group was very careful in order not to be discovered, carried out the "AnyDesk" connection on the personal computers of the victims, using an Italian server of the provider Aruba, which in fact guaranteed concealment the real IP address from which the communication originated, making the server a single "node" for all communications.
The investigation began after the report of the Italian citizen AB on 28.09.2020 (criminal proceedings no. 2041/2020 mod.44), who reported that he had invested a large amount of money (a total of 700,000 euros), because he had withdrawn from an advertisement found on the Internet which had invited him to invest in Amazon stock and which would have provided a huge profit deal. After an interest on his part, the same person has reported that he was contacted by several self-styled "financial intermediaries" who, as part of the same investment proposal, aimed to benefit large sums from multiple financial transfers.
In the denunciation filed by AB, all the methods of fraud suffered are specified in detail, evidencing that he received phone and e-mail contacts with the undersigned "financial operators" with whom he had exchanged various documents.
As a result of the joint investigative activity, it became possible to initially identify the call center and some of the people involved in this illegal activity, according to which it turned out that it had brought this criminal group a total sum of 1,300,000 euros, which it is thought to be only a small fraction of the amount profited by the group as a result of criminal activity.
This criminal group was suspected to have exercised its activity until the months of April or May of 2022, where it also closed the activity of the Call Center, with the address "Don Bosco" street....
Pas provave të grumbulluara me kërkesë të Prokurorisë së Posaçme nga ana e Gjykatës së Posaçme të Shkallës së Parë kundër Korrupsionit dhe Krimit të Organizuar, me vendimin nr.75 datë 21.10.2022, fillimisht janë caktuar masa e sigurimit me karakter shtrëngues “arrest në burg”, për shtetasin Gilbert Pushani dhe arrest në shtëpi për shtetaset V. A. dhe E. Ç, si të dyshuar për kryerjen e veprës penale të “Mashtrim kompjuterik”, në bashkëpunim, në formën e grupit të strukturuar kriminal, Pjesëmarrjes në grup të strukturuar kriminal”, parashikuar nga nenet 143/b/1, 28/4, 333/a dhe 334 të Kodit Penal.
Ky vendim është ekzekutuar nga policia gjyqësore në datë 25.10.2022. Njëkohësisht me arrestimet e shtetasve të mësipërm, më datë 25 tetor 2022, gjykata autorizoi kontrollin dhe sekuestron e Call Center-it të përdorur nga grupi kriminal me vendndodhje në Tiranë – Rruga “Dritan Hoxha” – Kompleksi “Karavan U2” – kati nr. 2.
Në përfundim të kontrollit ndaj të dyshuarve dhe nga kontrolli në call center-in në Rrugën “Dritan Hoxha”, i cili në momentin e ekzekutimit ishte pa persona brenda, dha një rezultat pozitiv pasi lejoi gjetjen dhe sekuestrimin e 68 kompjuterëve personalë dhe materialeve të tjera të konsideruara me interes të veçantë hetimor.
Mbi bazën nxjerrjes së të dhënave kompjuterike të cilat janë analizuar me hollësi dhe konfirmuar me kallëzimet e personave të dënuar në Itali, të dhëna të cilat përputheshin plotësisht, mbi bazën e verifikime të kryera nga ana e organit procedues, me vendimin nr. 92 datë 21.07.2023 të Gjykatës së Posaçme të Shkallës së Parë për Korrupsionin dhe Krimin e Organizuar është vendosur caktimi i masës së sigurimit personal me karakter shtrëngues “arrest në burg“, ndaj shtetasve Bruno Çobo, Aldo Pasku, Bruno Gjika, Gjin Shelnishta, Hamit Dobi, Erion Kastrati, Mojsi Zuna, Florjan Bregu, Orland Cani, si dhe masën e sigurimit personal me karakter shtrëngues “arrest në shtëpi”, ndaj shtetaseve Rezarta Ibrahimi, Antoneta (Malo) Pepkolaj, Olta Toçi, Greta Pepa, Silvana Veliu, si të dyshuar se kanë konsumuar elementët të veprave penale të “Mashtrim kompjuterik”, në bashkëpunim, në formën e grupit të strukturuar kriminal, “Pjesëmarrjes në grup të strukturuar kriminal”, parashikuar nga nenet 143/b/1, 28/4, 333/a/2 dhe 334 të Kodit Penal.
Këto masa janë ekzekutuar në datë 27.07.2023 për shtetasit Aldo Pasku, Gjin Shelnishta, Hamit Dobi, Erion Kastrati, Mojsi Zuna, Rezarta Ibrahimi, Olta Toçi, Greta Pepa, Silvana Veliu, në datë 28.07.2023 për shtetasin Bruno Gjika dhe në datë 15.01.2024 për shtetasen Antoneta Malo (Pepkolaj).
Në përfundim të hetimit, është evidentuar në mënyrë të qartë ekzistenca e grupit të strukturuar kriminal ndërkombëtar, me qëllim mashtrimin financiar nëpërmjet “trading on line” në dëm të personave me banim në Itali.
The investigations carried out afterwards made it possible to ascertain and attribute to the criminal group, numerous episodes of fraud perpetrated against persons residing in the entire territory of Italy, which have given the criminal group a total profit of about 4,700,000 euros, which is suspected to be only a small fraction of the amount the group has benefited from this criminal activity.
The fraud was committed to the detriment of several persons and for this reason the criminal offense of computer fraud was consummated for all the investigated, according to the qualifying circumstance provided by the second paragraph of Article 143/b of the Criminal Code.
The analysis of the elements of the above criminal offenses shows that in this particular case, the citizen Bruno Çobo has completely consumed all the elements of the criminal offense "Computer Fraud", in cooperation, to the detriment of several persons, in the form of a structured criminal group , "Creating a structured criminal group", provided as a criminal offense by articles 143/b/2, 28/4, 333/a/1 and 334/1 of the Criminal Code.
As for citizens Elisa CACI, Gilbert PUSHANI and Valbona ABEDINAJ, Rezarta IBRAHIMI, Aldo PASKU, Bruno GJIKA, Antoneta PEPKOLAJ; Gjin SHELNISHTA, Hamit DOBI, Erion KASTRATI, Olta TOÇI, Orland CANI, Greta PEPA, Silvana VELIU, Mojsi ZUNA and Florjan BREGU, have consumed the elements of the criminal offenses of "Computer Fraud", in collaboration to the detriment of several persons, in the form of to the structured criminal group, "Participation in a structured criminal group", provided by articles 143/b/2, 28/4, 333/a/2 and 334 of the Criminal Code.
After the completion of the preliminary investigations, the Special Prosecutor's Office addressed the Special Court with the request to send the case to trial against the defendants Bruno Çobo, Elisa CACI, Gilbert PUSHANI and Valbona ABEDINAJ, Rezarta IBRAHIMI, Aldo PASKU, Bruno GJIKA, Antoneta PEPKOLAJ; Gjin SHELNISTA, Hamit DOBI, Erion KASTRATI, Olta TOÇI, Orland CANI, Greta PEPA, Silvana VELIU, Mojsi ZUNA and Florjan BREGU according to the above charges.
The investigation shows that other Albanian and foreign persons are also involved in this illegal activity, for whom the investigations continue within the framework of separate criminal proceedings No. 121/1 of 2021, for the same criminal offenses.
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