A second time to start judging accused of fraud of citizens from five states for over 1m euros

Charged in this case are Omer Tene, Altin Gashi, Bindi Balidemaj, Ilir Kadishan, Dibran Morina, Flaura Behluli, Altina Rasiti, Lauresa Hoxha, Artan Ademiaj, Mejtim Islamaj and Vildane Kosumi, reports the “Betim for Justice<1>, broadcast. Periscope .

The defender of the accused Gashi, lawyer Erina Berisha, at Tuesday's session at the Constitutional Court in Pristina, said on June 10th they have sent e-mail to the Special Prosecutor to submit evidence to CDs, to ensure that documents loaded on the CD are opened.

However, according to lawyer Berisha, they have not accepted a letter after the 10 June e-mail, which he said was also announced by the court chairman, Judge Kujtim Krasniqi.

Later, prosecutor Ayse Ferati said she is replacing case prosecutor Merita Bina-Rugova and has been told that she has fulfilled all obligations for equipping all accused with material paperwork.

Ferati asked lawyer Berisha to follow up with the defendant's statement, taking over that he would equip her with missing paperwork within the day. However, Berisha said that and in the absence of material paperwork, she cannot violate her client Gashi's rights.

Later, Judge Krasniqi also sought by lawyer Berisha that if she sees it possible to follow suit, as it is a considerable number of indictees.

“Taking into account the pledge the prosecutor is taking, could” follow, Judge Krasniqi asked.

However, lawyer Berisha said that with all respect for the judge, she cannot violate her client's rights.

Under these circumstances, today's session was interrupted, and the next one is expected to be held in July.

Otherwise, the May 15, 2025, session had failed for the same reasons.

According to the indictment provided exclusively by “Justice betrothal”, the accused led by Omer Tenen have been charged with organised crime, fraud and money laundering. The Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo claims the group operated from October 2018 to November 8, 2022, through the company “O.T. Capital L. L.C.”, unlicensed for financial mediation.

According to the indictment, the accused used false names, presented themselves as international brokers, and through phone applications with counterfeit IPs, deceived citizens by promising them high-risk online investments. In fact, the platforms were simulators and false profits.

The Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo announced on April 3rd 2025 that it has filed an indictment against Omer Tene, Altin Gashi, Bndi Balidemaj, Ilir Kadishan, Dibran Morina, Flaura Behluli, Altina Rashiti, Lauresa Hoxha, Artan Adaj, Mesim Islamaj and Vildane Kosumi.

At the first point of the indictment, the 11 accused mentioned as a criminal group led by Omer Tenen reportedly had organized and directed the actions of this group with other unidentified perpetrators from Israel and other states during the period of October 2018, November 8, 2022.

The group's goal, always in accordance with the indictment, was to directly benefit financial benefits through employees of the call company “O.T. Capital L. L. C” in Pristina, property of defendant Omer Tene.

In addition, according to the indictment, this company has not been licensed by the BQK for financial mediation and broadband services, nor has there been contracts for collaboration with online companies that provide services in financial markets.

Which, according to the indictment, victims have been introduced by false, foreign names, such as <x0brocker” or” financial adviser” operating in the name of such companies, even though they were not licensed to work as brokers and through the false presentation of facts deceived victims from different countries.

In addition, Tene, as the group's boss, is said to have secured lists of potential victims and cared for the organisation and functioning of the group; the person close to him was defendant Debra Morina, who has been working as expert IT. Morina has taken care of maintaining fraudulent, remote desktop platforms, creating credentials, and doing other jobs about the easy functioning of cybercrime.

The indictment says that Vildane Kosumi, in administration, co-operating with the other cells of the organised criminal group has been dealt with by co-ordinating the work between them, accepted lists of potential victims and suspicious platforms, and was dealt with with bonuses which “brockers” have accepted percentages from the victims' investment.

It says that Eric Gashi as Jack Hunter, Leo Philips or Leonardo Philips; Bindi Balidemaj like David Mayer and Ilir Kadishan like Thomson or Thomas Fischer and Kevin L. Brown; in the broker sector “senior” have been working memory Islamaj like Tom van de Berg; Lauresa Hoxha ue Laura Stones; and Artan Ademiaj as Chris Sommer, all English; and Flaura Behluli as Nina Clark; Altina Rashiti like Maya Guttman; and Nicholas Pavlidis with the nickname Uber as “seniora” in German.

According to the SPRK indictment, the works were carried out with the use of numerous investment platforms, legally unregulated or highly regulated, where all appear professional, but the values the victims could see were just simulations.

While, initial contact with the victim, it is said to have made it a junior broker or Introducing Broker, through the app phone showing the IP addresses of lies, of other countries, and then, when the victim has shown interest in investment, the link has been taken from the senior broker and finally the competition for higher values, which the victim has promised high profits at minimal risk and in that way has encouraged the victim to invest.

At the same time, they have offered him the possibility of installing remote access software on electronic devices, for “brocker” as if to facilitate investment, and in fact from that device, without the victim's authorization to issue money from its bank account.

And that “investment money” has gone to the accounts of various businesses in the world, which members of the criminal group themselves have recorded, to lose traces, part of them, then even into business accounts “O.T. Capital L. L. C” has thus damaged an unidentified number of people.

Victims from Germany:

At the total sum of 71.250.00.

"Alika Northdurft-Menzel for the sum of 113,758.00."

Heinrich Bernhardt for 16,645.00

Kerstin Bartsch, for the total $ 20,000.00

Wewe de Moliner for the total sum of around 20,000.00

Frank Williams for the total sum of about $75,000

Frank Williams for the total sum of about $75,000.

Canada:

Luc Tousynt for $334,75

Camille Marie Lapierre for the amount of 19,128.85 CAD (Canadian dollars)

Betty Schatter for the sum of about 53,000 CAD

Timothy Silvaggio for 1,000,200 CAD

Daniel Lavoie for 30,604.05. CAD

And it's about the $2,460.00 amount.

Debrah Knill for the $532.00 sum

Roy Raymond for the sum of about $36,000.00

Wayne Davis for the total sum of about 16,000.00 CAD

Switzerland:

Ankica Radukko, for the amount of 2,100,000

Adamo Claudio Bontagali, for the sum of 3,750.00

Walter Hochwemmer, a total of 186,086,00 CHF (Switzerland fuel)

Anna Maria Scherrer for the sum of 4,000,000 and 736.75 CHF

Australia:

One James White for a total of $1,735.00

Guffrey Duffton for the total sum of $300,300

Philip Schaerz for the $11,096.57 sum

Peter Schloss for the total sum of $ 200,000.00

Sweden:

What do you think?

Peter Heldeskog's sum of 80,000 SEK

Luxemburg:

Peter Heldeskog's sum of 80,000 SEK

With this, the defendants are accused of committing criminal work “The participation or organisation of the organised criminal group” by Article 277 of the Criminal Code regarding criminal work “Defeit” from Article 323, paragraph 4 concerning paragraph 1.

At this point, only the Tene is charged, which is said to know that his wealth stems from criminal activities described at the point of the indictment and is acquired with the intent of hiding these activities and the true source of wealth, such money has not been placed in his private account at the NLB.

But, Tene is said to have stored them in digital wallets with Blockchain Wallet, KuCoin, Nebeus, Beats of Gold, Crypto.com and Flowbank, and then made transfers and purchases through his accounts on the Paypal and Wise digital platforms, some of the money he accepted in the same account as transfers from different companies controlled by his criminal group.

Also, according to the indictment, the Tenne has long reportedly converted smaller amounts of cryptocles into pre-physics, which he has placed in the bank account above as a personal deposit or through reliable people as loans, aid, or deposit.

And then, it is said that Tene used them as needed for daily life, as well as in August 2022 for buying a car. BMW, worth 73,780,000 and that's how it's integrated dirty money into the legitimate banking system.

With this, Tene is charged with committing criminal work “The release of money” from Article 302 of the Penal Code regarding Article 56, paragraph 1, subparagraph 1.1. of Law No. 05 L-096 for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing.

With this point of indictment, Dibran Morina is charged with knowing that even though he knew that defendant's property, Omer Tene, was acquired with the commission of the criminal work described at the point I, and the same one intended to disguise its source, in the point of I, has consistently helped them to carry out this criminal act by helping convert digital money into euros.

By this, he is accused of committing criminal work “The release of money” from Article 302 of the Penal Code regarding Article 56, paragraph 1, subparagraph 1.6 of Law No. 05 L-096 for Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing