
An investigation by the Tirana Prosecutor's Office has uncovered a genuine money laundering scheme. At the center of the investigation was Kristian Koni, who had changed his identity several times.
His childhood name was Olsi Meta, he later changed it to Kristian Meta and most recently, in Albania, he used the name Kristian Koni.
Meanwhile, the Prosecution's investigations have revealed that the same person has also used two Lithuanian names, in order to avoid arrest by foreign authorities, where Meta was known as the ringleader. The 45-year-old has been booked several times and has attempted to avoid arrest as many times.
But, his devilish mind has led him to "steal" the name of a famous Lithuanian basketball player, Kelys Zydrunas.
VoxNews has reviewed the decision of the Tirana Court to seize Olsi Meta's assets. According to it, "in the context of this investigation, several correspondences have been identified regarding the criminal activity of citizen Kristian Koni, where it is emphasized that according to Interpol data, this citizen is involved in criminal activity for the criminal offense of 'drug trafficking' during the period 2007–2012 in Italy."
Further, in the next paragraph, the decision states that in Italy the citizen is known by the alias Zdanaivicius Ramunas, born on 28.07.1980. VoxNews searched for this name on social networks and the internet, where it turns out that there is also a similar name. There are suspicions that the identity was taken from the internet and then a passport was made.
Meanwhile, in the same decision obtained by VoxNews, it is written that Olsi Meta was also known by the name Kelys Zydrunas, born on April 29, 1987. If we do an internet search with these generalities, it turns out that this name belongs to a famous Lithuanian basketball player. Even the date of birth is the same, since the basketball player also has it on April 29, 1987. A diabolical mind of a person who managed to bring tens of millions of declared euros into Albania, while suspicions are that tens of millions more are in the names of other people.
On Wikipedia, Kelys Zydrunas' name appears as a basketball player who has also played for Lithuania's youth teams. His name, as well as his date and year of birth, are even "engraved" on the FIBA website.
It is learned that Kelys began his career at the Kaunas club "Buratina" and in 2005, the basketball player moved to the well-known team "Žalgiris". He then moved to several other teams in both Lithuania and Russia.
It seems that the start of Kelys' career coincided with the "career" of Olsi Meta, as investigations by the Tirana Prosecutor's Office have revealed that he was involved in a criminal group that operated in drug trafficking in Italy during the period 2007-2012, and changes in generalities and involvement in transactions with movable and immovable property with financial anomalies and suspicious actions linked to criminal sources have been found.
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