A suspect in large-scale call center fraud has been held in Dubai by agencies. The scam also have alleged involvement of Georgia’s former Defence Minister.
Erlind Cekaj who is a citizen of Albania and an active member of criminal gang has been arrested by law enforcement agencies. The development came after an international investigation was conducted following multiple complaints.
According to media reports law enforcement agencies have ordered an international investigation into the transnational crime of fraudulent call center services. The former Defence Minister of Georgia David Kezerashvili is also alleged to have been involved.
It is also worth noting that further investigation is still going on. The next phase of investigation will be conducted under the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation. Albania’s anti-corruption agency is another important agency involved in this investigation.
According to the sources further investigation can also lead to more breakthroughs in this regard. The main culprit Cekaj was wanted at the international level as he also had a connection with the Milton Group. The network of these criminals carried out their illegal activities through a call center in the Georgian capital Tbilisi. It also has an operation center in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv which was being used for illegal activities.
It is worth mentioning that just a year ago BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) through its investigation revealed that scheme involved Kezerashvili a wanted former official in the United National Movement Government.
At the same time according to some reports the TV channel Cekaj was associated with Kezerashvili’s cousin Mikheil Biniashvili who was already arrested by the investigation agencies in this regard.
The investigation revealed that Cekaj had previously been linked to Amant Josifi who was responsible for extorting €6 million from German citizens. The law enforcer also revealed that through this scheme the representatives of the organized crime scheme had obtained millions of euros from people living in foreign countries.
