Another illegal activity of call centers has been discovered in the area of Selita in Tirana. Six people have already been arrested, including the business owner and the team manager of the call center.

According to official sources, the employees of the call center would trick people into investing their money to fictional markets and later on steal their savings. The target locations were mainly Greece and Italy.

The six people, who were arrested in flagrante by the police, are of 27 to 36 years old.

101 computers, 2 laptops, 1 DVR and 10 mobile phones, which were found in the premises of the call center, were seized.

The materials were passed to the Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of First Instance of the General Jurisdiction in Tirana, for the criminal offenses “Computer fraud”, “Illegal employment”, “Concealment of income”, “Non-payment of taxes and duties” and “Laundering of products of criminal offense or criminal activity”.

Specialists of the Sector for the Investigation of Economic and Financial Crimes in the Directorate for the Investigation of Economic and Financial Crimes in the General Directorate of the State’s Police, finalized the codenamed police operation “Selita Center”, based on information provided by the informational intelligence for a case of computer fraud, in a private entity in Tirana.

During this operation, the Police services intervened in the premises of this private entity, where they found several citizens carrying out the illegal activity of computer fraud through the call center.

While the police have found 53 operators who frauded foreign citizens, the administrator of the entity where this center operated, has been declared as wanted by the police.