The testimonies of Orest Balla and Edison Korra, arrested for attempting to defraud the president of the Albanian Football Federation, Armand Duka, by using the name of MP Taulant Balla, have revealed different versions of their involvement in the incident.

Orest Balla stated that he was contacted on Instagram by a person who had promised him 2 thousand euros in exchange for obtaining a phone number and communicating with another individual.

Balla recounted that a person then came to him by vehicle and handed him the phone number. Through this number, he had communicated with Armand Duka’s son. In his testimony, Balla also denied knowing Edison Korra previously.

A different version was given by Edison Korra. He claimed that he was contacted by Balla at a bar, where the latter had asked him to pick up an order.

The discrepancies between the statements of the two arrested men have raised questions about the role of each in the suspected fraud scheme.

Orest Balla himself did not communicate directly with Armand Duka. According to data made public, the person who introduced themselves to the head of the Albanian Football Federation used the Signal app and presented themselves with the identity of Taulant Balla.

Investigations are ongoing to determine who is behind these communications, as well as whether the two arrested men were fully aware of the scheme and the other people involved.

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Two young men, 24-year-old Edison Korra and 23-year-old Orest Balla, have been arrested in Tirana after allegedly attempting to defraud FSHF President Armand Duka of €100,000.

According to information made public, the young men contacted Duka, posing as Taulant Balla, and requested the sum in cryptocurrency.

Duka suspected the fraud scheme and notified the police, who then intervened to document the case.

Sources from the investigative team said that the person from whom the €100,000 was requested was FSHF head Armand Duka.

The two arrested men presented themselves on the Signal app as Taulant Balla. The money was initially requested in cryptocurrency, but it was later agreed that it would be handed over in euros.

The same sources explained that the money was handed over by undercover agents and that the arrests were made in the act. The handover took place in Elbasan, where the two suspects lived.

Duka himself reported the case to the police after suspecting that he had fallen victim to fraud. The message he received on his phone from the two arrested men said that, while posing as Taulant Balla, Duka should send the money to the address provided by the two young men, who claimed to be acquaintances of Balla.

Following their arrest, they refused to provide the police with detailed statements about who was behind them, while the main suspicions point to Florian Gjergji.

Meanwhile, during their communication, Duka told them, “Get in touch with my son because I don’t understand these things about cryptocurrency.”

One of the police agents then contacted the two arrested men by phone, posing as Duka’s son. The undercover agent told the two perpetrators that he did not have the money in cryptocurrency but would bring it in cash.

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As part of the operation codenamed “Seen,” police officers arrested two young men in flagrante delicto as they were receiving €100,000 from a 64-year-old man whom they are suspected of having deceived through a fake social media profile.

According to police information, Edison Korra, 24, and Orest Balla, 23, were taken into custody.

According to police, the two arrested men are suspected of having communicated with the 64-year-old through a fake profile created using the details of someone he knew.

Through this profile, they allegedly convinced the 64-year-old to hand over €100,000.

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Another attempt to obtain large sums of money through fraud on online communication platforms has been foiled.

Two citizens who defrauded a 64-year-old man through a fake profile using the credentials of someone he knew, in an attempt to obtain €100,000 from him, were arrested in flagrante delicto while receiving the money.

Specialists from the Economic and Financial Crime Investigation Section, in cooperation with the Special “Operational” Force, immediately processed a complaint filed by a 64-year-old man over suspected fraud on an online communication platform. As a result, they concluded the operation codenamed “Seen,” during which citizens Edison Korra, 24, and Orest Balla, 23, were caught in flagrante delicto while receiving €100,000 from the complainant and were taken into custody.

Based on investigations conducted using special methods, aimed at fully establishing the identity of those responsible and the circumstances of the case, these citizens are suspected of having communicated with the 64-year-old through a fake social media profile.

The profile had been activated using the details of someone known to the 64-year-old, with the aim of defrauding him.

Investigations are continuing to identify and bring before the law any other individuals who may have been involved in the case.

The procedural materials were referred to the Prosecution Office for further action.

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The Basic Prosecution Office in Peja has filed an indictment against Valmir Hajrullahu and Avdyl Kryeziu, suspected of defrauding a police officer by allegedly taking more than 134,000 euros from him over two years on the pretext that they would arrange a kidney transplant for him at a hospital in Turkey. Turkish national Yilmaz Tassoker is also suspected of having been involved in the scheme, but proceedings against him have been separated. RTK had previously reported on the case.

Hajrullahu, from Banullë in Lipjan, and Kryeziu, from Malisheva, will face charges of fraud. Meanwhile, the case against Turkish national Yilmaz Tassoker is being handled separately.

The indictment, obtained by RTK, states that Hajrullahu and Kryeziu allegedly acted against police officer A.B. between 2021 and 2023, convincing him that a false treatment opportunity was available.

“By falsely presenting facts and with the aim of obtaining unlawful material gain, he continuously defrauded and misled the injured party, A.B., causing material damage to his assets amounting to 134,761.00 euros,” the indictment obtained by RTK states.

According to the prosecution, Hajrullahu presented himself to the victim as a doctor undergoing specialization at Turkey’s “Acibadem” hospital. He allegedly promised the police officer that he would contact a doctor to arrange the transplant, while Yilmaz Tassoker presented himself as the person who would donate the kidney.

Shkodran Nikçi, spokesperson for the Peja Prosecution Office, said by email that, when filing the indictment, the prosecutor handling the case proposed that the court declare the defendants guilty and sentence them in accordance with the law for the criminal offenses with which they are charged.

Valmir Hajrullahu is known to law enforcement and justice authorities. The Basic Court in Ferizaj recently sentenced him to two years in prison and a 2,000-euro fine in another fraud case.

Another indictment against the same person is also being reviewed by the Department for Serious Crimes. In that case, he is accused of defrauding farmers through the nongovernmental organization Center for Advocacy and Diplomacy (QAD), while the alleged damage to the farmers is estimated at millions of euros.

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A few days ago, Tirana Police arrested 45-year-old Ina Cakaj, who is suspected of taking considerable sums of money from families affected by the 2019 earthquake, promising to help them obtain new homes or compensation.

The case now also focuses on a video recording obtained by JOQ Albania, in which Cakaj is seen introducing herself to several residents in Fushë-Krujë as an “adviser” to a project that, according to her, had been set up by Prime Minister Edi Rama for families still waiting to receive the keys to apartments promised after the earthquake.

In the video, the 45-year-old woman is heard telling residents that if they paid 2 million lekë and submitted the documents she requested, within 24 hours they would receive a message from the Council of Ministers approving the handover of the apartment keys.

According to the recording obtained by JOQ Albania, Cakaj introduced herself to residents as the person responsible for the Fushë-Krujë area and claimed that she had been tasked with finding 20 families that would benefit from the project she presented as “La Mama.”

According to the police investigation, her claims turned out to be part of a suspected fraud scheme.

According to the investigation, Cakaj allegedly presented herself as someone with connections and influence within the state administration, creating the impression among citizens that she had the ability to intervene in procedures for obtaining housing or assistance for families affected by the earthquake.

In exchange for the alleged intervention, she is suspected of requesting sums ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 euros per person.

At this stage of the investigation, around 30 citizens in the Fushë-Krujë area are suspected of having fallen victim to the scheme, while the financial damage caused is estimated at around 60 million old lekë.

During the investigative actions, police seized documents and family certificates belonging to people suspected of having been involved in the scheme.

The procedural materials against the 45-year-old woman have been referred for the criminal offenses of “Fraud,” “Forgery of documents,” and “Usurpation of a state title or duty.”

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The Tirana Prosecutor’s Office has concluded its investigation into Nigerian citizen L.O. and sent the case to trial, charging him with “Computer Fraud.”

The proceedings began following a complaint filed by a call center employee. She said she had been contacted on social media by a person claiming to be an Italian citizen, although he was unable to communicate in Italian.

The conversations began on Instagram and later continued on WhatsApp. During their exchanges, the person asked the woman to make a payment, claiming she was due to receive a surprise package that he was unable to pay for himself.

Through the fraudulent scheme, he then obtained the payment’s banking details and directed the victim to an account to which a considerable sum was transferred. Despite the payment, the package never arrived, while the person continued asking her for more money.

The investigation by the Tirana Prosecutor’s Office, conducted in cooperation with the Italian authorities through letters rogatory, found that the PostePay Evolution account was held by Nigerian citizen L.O., a resident of Italy.

L.O. will now face justice on the charge of “Computer Fraud.”

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