Prishtina, 9th of August 2023

The Directorate for the Investigation of Economic Crimes and Corruption (DHKEK) respectively the Sector for the Investigation of Economic Crimes (SHKE) undertook investigative actions for several months to detect suspects who circulated videos through the social network “Tik Tok” that they sell counterfeit money.

During the operational – investigative work, there have been obtained evidence that the suspects F.S. (1992), Kosovar male and A.S. (1995), a Kosovar male, have been engaged in criminal activity. In this criminal activity they deceived dozens of people, thinking that they would sell them counterfeit money, but on the other hand, they deceived these people by benefiting from them with significant amounts of money.

Today, on 09.08.2023, the relevant Operational Plan was implemented where the investigators of S.H.K.E, in the morning hours, carried out the Order of the Basic Court in Gjilan, for the search of the house of the suspect F.S. and at the same time the suspect was arrested. The suspect A.S. was also arrested and according to the evidence obtained, he cooperated with the other person F.S.

With the decision of the Prosecutor of the case from the Basic Prosecutor’s Office in Gjilan, the case of ‘Fraud’ was initiated under article 323 of the KPRK and the two aforementioned suspects are sent to detention for 48 hours.

Kosovo Police remains committed in investigating and fighting all kinds of criminal offenses and calls citizens not to fall prey to such frauds and to cooperate with the police in preventing criminal offenses and negative phenomena.