New details emerge of the scheme used by Wisdom College to sell fake degrees.
The Italian media write that " Evlis Cushi " is also mentioned, which according to the statements of the accused, is the former minister Evis Kushi as well as some officials of the ministry such as Albana Tole and Eva Biz ...
In the interception of March 17, 2022, it is said: " And so there are 7, four in the embassy, such as the minister, the deputy minister and the accreditation office. Cianci concludes by saying "We are fine with Albania". In fact, they were fine, until the Italian law enforcement bodies prepared the 300-page file and arrest warrants for 9 of the 40 people under investigation .
Regarding this issue, media versus has spoken with the socialist MP Evis Kushi , who at the time headed the Ministry of Education.
Khushi clarified that at no time was her name mentioned in the file of the Italian prosecution as a person who would be given gifts in exchange for any influence from her in the accreditation procedure.
"The person in the investigation said that he was trying to buy Christmas presents, small gifts and he says the name of the baskets. This is the only time my name is mentioned. The paragraph says it says Christmas baskets, not presents because Christmas presents can also be bags. Here we are talking about baskets that are donated to institutions for Christmas. But I don't remember and I don't know if such baskets came to the ministry at that time", said Kushi.
Regarding the accreditation of the WISDOM university college involved in the scandal discovered by the Italian prosecutor's office, the former minister underlined that the ASCAL institution that deals with accreditation operated independently from the Ministry of Education and the majority of board members were foreign in order to there should be no premise for their involvement in corruption.
Meanwhile, in Albania, there are still no people arrested in connection with the diploma scandal.