A Signal account was cloned in the name of Taulant Balla. Although the head of the PS parliamentary group was in the USA, Armando Duka, the head of the Albanian Football Association, was written in his “name”. “I need 100 thousand euros,” the text message read. Duka realized it was a scam, so he decided to contact the police. The extortionists demanded that the money go to a cryptocurrency account.
But this is where the police come into play. An undercover agent begins communicating with the people who are asking for money. The undercover agent wrote that he does not understand cryptocurrencies, but if they agree, he could pay them in cash. After much communication, they decide to hand over the money. The bag with the money would be delivered to Elbasan. The two suspects, Edison Korra and Orest Balla, were also arrested there.
"From the investigations conducted with special methods, with the aim of fully clarifying the authorship and circumstances of this case, it is suspected that these citizens have communicated with the 64-year-old, through a false profile on a social network. The profile was activated with the data of an acquaintance of the 64-year-old, with the aim of deceiving him", said the police. Regarding this case, investigations are continuing to identify other persons involved.
