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They deceived the students by promising them the "land of dreams", a scheme followed by the director and the teacher of "Qemal Stafa"
2024-06-10 14:02:04 / AKTUALITET
The Tirana police discovered the scheme of how young Albanians were deceived by being tempted through scholarships and job opportunities to the "land of dreams", the USA.
Behind this whole well-thought-out scheme are two education workers. Specifically, the director of the "Qemal Stafa" gymnasium, Klotilda Jaupi and the English teacher Valentina Lamaj.
Jaupi and Lamaj in collaboration with each other had created a project called "Let's Talk Together About US2024", which was claimed to have been set up by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the US Embassy in order to help Albanian youth.
The two officials were deceiving pupils and students by falsifying documents, for offering opportunities/scholarships to study at US universities.
"The Department of Criminal Police, under the direction of the Prosecutor's Office of Tirana, joint investigations with law enforcement officials of the US Embassy in Tirana, for the discovery and suppression of a fraud scheme for the provision of opportunities/scholarships for students, for studies in the USA.
Following the investigative actions, the Police executed the decision of the Court, for the exercise of control in the apartment of the citizen VL, education official at the local level, part of the General Directorate of Pre-University Education in the Ministry of Education.
The VL citizen has been put under investigation, together with the KJ citizen, as it is suspected that in cooperation with other citizens, they have created a fraud scheme, by falsifying documents, to provide opportunities/scholarships for students to study at US universities , through the project known as "Let's Talk Together About US24", announced the Police.
Regarding this event, the US Embassy in our country also reacted a few days ago. Distancing itself from the entire scheme, the embassy emphasized that this project has nothing to do with the US State Department, the US Department of Education, their educational programs or embassy personnel.
For this reason, the embassy called on Albanian citizens to be careful and not fall prey to scams.
"The US Embassy is aware of a so-called project known as 'Let's Talk Together About US24.' This group has no affiliation with the US Embassy, the US Department of State, the US Department of Education, our educational programs, or embassy personnel. The US State Department's Diplomatic Security Service will continue to work with the State Police as they investigate the extent of this fraudulent scheme.
We urge all Albanians to be wary of scams that guarantee free travel to the United States, as well as free or low-cost American visas. "We also urge anyone to contact the US Embassy if they suspect that any person or organization is attempting to falsely represent themselves as affiliated with the embassy," the embassy's response read.
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