The opening and subsequent examination of a telephone set, which the police seized from the financier, Aida Vokli, has led the Tirana prosecutor’s office to the discovery of several “Call Center” points in the “Dry Lake” area and various areas of Tirana.
Vokli, is the co-habitant of Ledio Toçi, this person was prosecuted and declared wanted by the prosecution of Tirana.
Through the telephone communications carried out by the investigator, Aida Vokli, several contracts for renting premises in Tirana, their prices, the main organizers who ran the fraud network through online exchanges and even the list of employees and the name of the (Head) of this fraud scheme were discovered.
Discovering these communications and the addresses of the places where objects were rented, on June 16, 2026, the Tirana court approved several control decisions to the prosecution, leading to the seizure of dozens of computers and the arrest of Albi Shtylla, Egi Nela, Bjorni Karecos, Zizo Aziz and the Paraguayan foreign nationals Luis Enrique Rojas Masri, and the two Angolans Simao Lopez Samuel, Jose Inocencio Canda.
All these persons were prosecuted for “Computer Fraud” carried out in collaboration with serious consequences.
According to the file provided by the journalist, Elton Qyno, the controls were carried out at the premises of the “Magnolia Group” company.
It turns out that on September 18, 2023, the person under investigation, Xhoni Hitaj, opened the “Magnolia Group” company, where the point of action was the Lake area. Meanwhile, on March 7, 2024, Xhoni Hitaj opened the company “Koppa Network” with an operating address on the 3rd floor at “Dawn Tawn”.
Also in 2022 Xhoni Hitaj has opened two companies near the National Business Center, where the focus has been on the “Call Center” service.
In addition, the checks were carried out in the company “AM Studio” owned by Algers Mahilaj. This company was opened on March 2, 2026 and operated in the “Dry Lake” area. In addition to this company, Mahilaj also owns the company “Go Media”.
This is a company that is active in the field of “Call Centers” in Tirana, where Mahilaj became the owner in November 2025, after he bought 100 percent of the shares from the citizen Fabjano Kanto for 1 million old lek.
In the premises of the subject “AM Studio”, in the first work post, notes of an operational nature were found, under the names “Note 2”, “Note 3”, etc., where personal and financial data of foreign persons (mainly Canadians and Italians) were listed, along with instructions for call hours.
The presentation script was also found on the same computer, where the user used the pseudonym “Mike Hudson” and presented himself as a lawyer of “RR Law Firm”.
In the third workplace, installed applications such as “MicroSIP” named “Luca”, “TeamViewer” and “WireGuard” were found, the latter of which break IP address masking and remote computer control, as well as “Excel” files with data of foreign citizens.
In the Samsung “Galaxy A05” mobile device found near this workplace, messages sent in Italian under the names “Luca” and “Lucas” to foreign persons, as well as photos of passports and identification documents of German and Austrian citizens, withdrawn during the years 2024-2026, were found.
In this environment, 27 central units, 2 laptops and 9 mobile devices were seized, and citizens Albi Shtylla and Egi Nela were arrested in flagrante delicto.
Controls were also carried out at the company “Elevante Pulse” with administrator and owner, Igli Margjini. This company operates Call Centers in the area of the former block, near the LSI building.
In the conversation between the head of finance Aida Vokli and the citizen Vjollca Rakipi, there is talk about the contracts that will be revoked and the contracts that will be concluded, as well as the part of the payment that will be made for the two premises rented in this area by Igli Margjini.
Controls were also carried out at the point of the “Call Center” managed by Dervish Musa. The latter opened the physical branch on August 8, 2023 and suspended the activity on June 10, 2026.
Inside the premises, 32 citizens were found to be present, including Brazilian and French citizens.
In the first moments of the police’s entry, one of the people under investigation lowered the machine, causing the shutdown of all the network computers and the loss of data on them.
By restarting them, it was found that they had returned to the initial state, without any open applications.
Regarding this case, Lina Nina, who stated that she has been working in this call center for almost 2 months, in the position of assistant economist, was questioned as a person who has knowledge of the criminal offense. She explained that the administrator of the call center is citizen Dervish Musa, while the manager is citizen Zizo Azizi.
In the finance office were her, a guy named Luis – who she knew was recruiting foreign nationals – and another guy named Valerio, who was doing the IT function. The language used in this call center was English and Spanish.
She clarified that she found the job through the Instagram social network, through a girl who introduced herself as Sara Hoxha, and that she was paid in black, with cash from the manager Zizo Azizi.
Also, Bjorn Kareco has stated that he has been working as IT in this call center for about 4 months and deals with formatting computers and equipping units with relevant accessories.
Regarding the money in the value of 46,000 euros found in his bag, he clarified that the bag is his, but that monetary value is not, and he does not know who put it in there.
He stated that he was paid in the amount of 1,000 euros per month and the payment was given to him by the finance employee, Lina Nora. In his statement as the person against whom the investigations are being conducted, Bjorn Kareco stated that he found the job through Instagram and communicated online with a citizen named Chris, in the Greek language, who explained to him that the company was licensed and that a group would be formed for the support of Greek customers.
He stated that he went several times to the address given to him to verify if this group was formed, with the position of operator and customer support and a salary of 1,500 euros. Regarding the amount found, he stated that he does not know whose it is.
According to the investigative file provided, it results that the General Directorate of the State Police, the Directorate for Cybercrime Investigations, based on information received from the Austrian authorities, has referred that there are reasonable suspicions that various citizens of the European Union countries have been financially defrauded, causing them to lose large amounts of money.
According to the data obtained from the partner structure, the persons who carry out this criminal activity are Albanian citizens who use the Internet in Albania.
These “Call-Centëri” points are located in several areas of Tirana, such as in the former block near Club “Shqiponja”, where (Faja) managed, in the “Kristal Center” area, where Xhoel Mekolli managed, at “Daën Taën” on the 3rd floor, where “Devi” managed, and in the “Dry Lake” area, where another person, named Dervish Musa, managed.
