Sensational operation at call centers in Tirana/ The "head" who controlled the fraud is discovered, suspected of being involved in a wider network (NAME)

The name of the person who was at the head of the fraud scheme with the Call Centers that were hit yesterday in the capital has been revealed, he is Granit Pepnika from Tropoja.

Meanwhile, media sources have reported that evidence obtained by investigators shows that he is not only behind these 3 Call Centers, but also behind a wider network in Tirana. Meanwhile, an arrest warrant is expected to be signed by the Prosecution.

We recall that the police operation has hit three call centers in Tirana, which are suspected of carrying out illegal activities by defrauding European citizens and beyond, through telephone communications. According to investigative sources, these structures were organized and used sophisticated methods to convince victims to transfer sums of money.

Several people have been arrested, and so far it is reported that 7 of them have been given the security measure "prison arrest". Meanwhile, two other people have been given the measure "compulsory appearance" and a ban on leaving the country.

It is learned that one of the arrested, Tedi Agastra, has previously been under investigation as part of an operation against cryptocurrency fraud in 2024, where he was among 17 people arrested. Agastra is also the owner of a company that provides economic consultancy in the field of management and finance.

The operation was spread across several call center-equipped facilities located in different areas of Tirana. Two of them were located in a business complex on Kavaja Street, while another was located near the Zoo.

During the controls carried out by the authorities, a significant amount of money, around 1 million euros in cash, suspected of having been derived from illegal activity, was seized.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the fraudulent scheme targeted foreign nationals, including citizens from Austria, Italy, Spain, Greece, Canada and the United States of America, who were allegedly defrauded through various telephone methods used by the operators of these call centers.

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