The Special Prosecution Against Corruption and Organized Crime has completed its investigations and has submitted to the Special Court of First Instance the request for the trial of criminal proceedings no. 42 of 2024, against the accused: Emiljano Sejdillari, Sokol Krasniqi, Rodrigo Guga, Eltion Logu, Tafil Dyrmishi, Lisjane Çulani, Klejdi Nuka, and Mateo Llozhi.
Emiljano Sejdillari and Sokol Krasniqi are accused of committing the criminal offense of "Computer Fraud" to the detriment of several persons, in cooperation in the form of a structured criminal group, "Structured Criminal Group," and "Commission of Criminal Offenses by a Criminal Organization and Structured Criminal Group," defined as criminal offenses by articles 143/b/2, 28/4, 333/a/1, and 334/1 of the Penal Code.
Rodrigo Guga, Eltion Logu, Tafil Dyrmishi, and Lisjane Çulani are accused of committing the criminal offense of "Computer Fraud," in cooperation in the form of a structured criminal group, "Structured Criminal Group," and "Commission of Criminal Offenses by a Criminal Organization and Structured Criminal Group," defined as criminal offenses by articles 143/b/2, 28/4, 333/a/2, and 334/1 of the Penal Code.
Klejdi Nuka and Mateo Llozhi are accused of committing the criminal offense of "Computer Fraud," in cooperation, defined as a criminal offense by article 143/b/2 of the Penal Code.
This proceeding began based on a request for legal assistance from the Karlsruhe Public Prosecutor's Office in Germany, within the framework of a criminal proceeding against several persons suspected of organized fraud and trade, according to article 263 I, V of the German Penal Code.
On December 14, 2023, a woman victim from the Freiburg area, Germany, became the target of a fraud attempt by an organized group, who demanded a sum of 120,000 euros. Thanks to the work of the German police, the delivery of the requested sum by the perpetrators of the criminal offense was prevented.
Since December 18, 2023, from the victim's home phone recordings, the number of suspects has been identified. Since the start of the recording, German police authorities have discovered several hundred thousand calls or call attempts through this number. The calls were used to carry out various types of fraud, some completed, some remaining as attempts.
The perpetrators used the "Caller-ID-Spoofing" application to display different numbers on the victims' phones, aiming to hide their true origin. During the cyber investigation, it was discovered that calls with the victim parties were made using "Voice-over-IP" technology through "Servers" located in Germany. The perpetrators typically used anonymizing services like "VPN" to hide their identity. However, during the assessment of data on these "Servers," IT experts from the German State Police identified external IP addresses indicating internet connections and end devices.
From the interpretation and assessment of this data by cyber specialists, it resulted that the victims were being called via internet telephony service from various countries, including Albania. IP addresses belonging to the companies "Digicom" and "Kujtesa Net" Sh.p.k. were identified. Based on the request for legal assistance, which sought the identification of IP addresses, it was deemed necessary to carry out broader actions and register criminal proceedings no. 42 of 2024.
Through special investigation methods, a call center was identified at "Hamdi Sina" street, FZ Construction buildings, 7th floor, in Tirana. Based on a decision by the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, a check was carried out on April 18, 2024, around 09:00. From the intervention at the "Call Center" premises on "Hamdi Sina" street, six suspected persons were found and accompanied by judicial police, and numerous material, digital, and documentary pieces of evidence were seized. Under the conditions of two parallel investigations in Albania and Germany, the results and material evidence were sent for deeper analysis to the German judicial authorities. The complete analysis led to the clear result of the existence of a structured criminal group aiming to defraud German citizens through Call Centers, unregistered as businesses with tax authorities.
Based on these analyses, with decision no. 73 dated July 28, 2025, the Special Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime imposed the personal security measures of "arrest in prison" for five persons and the personal security measures of "house arrest" for three other persons.
The documented value of the damage caused over a several-month period of Call Center activity is 363,501 Euros, for 14 fraud victims in Germany.
The low value of the damage caused is also related to the prevention of hundreds of fraud attempts by the suspected perpetrators. As soon as calls were made by the "fraudsters," the victims were then contacted by German judicial police officers explaining the fraud scheme, influencing the cancellation of payments.
After the imposition of the security measure, the extradition to Albania of one of the investigated persons from the Federal Republic of Germany was made possible.
SPAK reiterates the message to citizens and the media that the phenomenon of online fraud through call centers is an activity that will continue to be pursued as a priority by the Special Prosecution and the State Police, in cooperation with international partners.
Beyond combating this phenomenon, it is the duty of citizens working in these Call Centers not to become part of their illegal activities.