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He defrauded educational institutions with free scholarships to the USA, the 20-year-old from Devolli was arrested

He defrauded educational institutions with free scholarships to the USA, the

A 20-year-old man has been jailed for fraud using the name of the American Embassy to promote free trips to the US.

The 20-year-old from Devolli deceived educational institutions with the so-called "Let's Talk Together about US 23" and "Let's Talk Together about US 24" programs, and promised students and teachers free trips to the USA.

The arrested person had created a false identity engaging with officials of the Ministry of Education and other educational institutions throughout Albania. Hundreds of students, teachers and education officials throughout Albania participated in these fraudulent programs.

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Proactive joint investigations between the State Police, the US Embassy in Tirana and the Prosecutor's Office of the General Jurisdiction Tirana.

An Albanian citizen is arrested, involved in a large fraud scheme, targeting the education system throughout the country.

On 22.07.2024, citizen EH, 20 years old, resident of Devoll, was arrested.

The Criminal Police Department, in cooperation with the Criminal Investigations Unit at the Diplomatic Security Service of the United States Embassy in Tirana, under the direction of the Prosecutor's Office of the General Section of Tirana, has executed an "Arrest in Prison" security measure, issued by The Court of General Jurisdiction Tirana, for the criminal offenses "Computer forgery" and "Forgery of documents".

After a six-month investigation, by a special investigation group, consisting of officers of the Criminal Police Department and investigators from the Office of Criminal Investigations at the Embassy of the United States in Tirana, under the direction of the Prosecutor's Office of the General Section of Tirana, a fraud scheme organized by the already arrested citizen EH, who defrauded educational institutions, with the so-called "Let's Talk Together about US 23" and "Let's Talk Together about US 24" projects.

The programs promised students and teachers free trips to the United States. The arrested EH had created a false identity, engaging with officials of the Ministry of Education and other educational institutions throughout Albania. Hundreds of students, teachers and education officials throughout Albania participated in these fraudulent programs.

The Albanian State Police thanks the Prosecutor's Office of the General Section, Tirana and the Criminal Investigations Unit at the US Embassy in Tirana, for their help in this complex investigation and for their continued partnership.

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