The Prosecutor's Office of Tirana has seized assets worth over 500 thousand euros of a Polish woman, in the wake of the property investigation for the German Stephan Morgenstem , who was arrested in August 2023 in Rinasi, after being wanted by South Korea and other countries under charges for fraud.
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The announcement of the prosecution of Tirana:
The Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of the General Jurisdiction of Tirana requests the preventive seizure of the assets of the Polish citizen Anna Morgenstern , who is involved in investments in real estate with unknown sources of funds and is suspected of having committed the criminal offense of "Cleaning of the products of the criminal offense or criminal activity".
On 04.01.2024, this prosecutor registered criminal proceedings no. 1022, for the criminal offense "Cleaning the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity", provided for by Article 287 of the Criminal Code.
A law enforcement institution, with letter no. 27799/2 prot, dated 14.11.2023, was informed about the Polish citizen Anna Morgenstern, who turns out to be the wife of the German citizen Stephan Morgenstern , wanted for financial fraud and arrested at the airport of "Rinas" on 21.08.2023, after being accused of having created a pyramid scheme at the international level, through which, together with other individuals, they benefited about 28 million euros. According to the reference information, "Interpol" and prosecutors from five different countries worked to seize and freeze the assets of this citizen in Dubai.
From the investigation carried out so far in Albania, the criteria for imposing preventive seizure on the assets of the citizen Anna Morgenstern are met. since there are sufficient indications and evidence that create reasonable suspicion that this citizen in cooperation with her husband, citizen Stephan Morgenstern, have committed the criminal offense of "Cleaning the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity".
From the investigation based also on the extradition practices held for the citizen Stephan Morgenstern , there is a reasonable suspicion that this citizen has committed criminal offenses through fraud and laundering the proceeds of the criminal offense in some countries that also require his extradition, such as South Korea and Poland.
There is reasonable suspicion that this citizen has benefited from large sums of money through fraudulent schemes.
He and his wife allegedly invested the illegally obtained money in the purchase of properties in different countries from where the crime of fraud is suspected to have been committed.
Thus, the investments by both spouses were not only made in Dubai, but there is a reasonable suspicion based on the evidence administered during the investigation, that all the assets that the citizen Anna Morgenstern bought in Albania were bought with her husband's money. of her, acquired as a result of fraud, in some countries of the world.
Real estate purchase values ??that are significant amounts, such as 483,000 euros, 28,000 euros, etc., are sufficient indications that the assets are the product of a criminal offense.
For this reason, the prosecution, based on Article 274 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, requests the imposition of the "Preventive Sequestration" property insurance measure on real estate:
- Property no. 590/1/62+4-7, volume 14, page 170, ZK. 2529, sip. 176.06 m2, apartment type, with an initial value of 483,000 euros, location Lundre, Tirana;
- Property no. 590/1/62+4-G10, volume 14, page 181, ZK.2529, of the garage type, with an area of ??13.08 m2, in Lundre, worth 11,500 euros; AND
- Property no. 590/1/62+4-G11, volume 14, page 182, ZK.2529, with an area of ??19.03 m2, of the garage type in Lundre, worth 15,500 euros.