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2026-09-28 16:04:00Fokus SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

It is not the first time that fraudsters have used the name of Socialist MP Taulant Balla to ask businessmen for large sums of money.

The latest case is that of Armand Duka. According to police data, two young men presented themselves as Taulant Balla and asked the president of the Albanian Football Association for 100 thousand euros in cryptocurrency. Duka became suspicious, notified the police and the two young men were arrested during the operation.

But the scheme has been used before. In 2024, businessman Flamur Rrushi received a similar request.

"I'm Taulant Balla. I urgently need 100 thousand euros."

This time the trick worked and the businessman handed over the money. According to the testimony published by the investigation, he was friends with Balla and this was precisely what made the request seem credible.

Herein lies the crux of the story. Fraudsters can fake a profile, they can post a photo, they can copy a phone number, but to get 100 thousand euros, something else is needed.

The story has to sound credible. Why does a businessman find it possible that Taulant Balla would call him privately and ask for 100 thousand euros?

Taulant Balla is not a peripheral politician. For more than two decades, he has been in the main structures of the Socialist Party. He has been a deputy since 2005. He was the Secretary General of the Socialist Party from 2017 to 2021. He led the Socialist Parliamentary Group, was Minister of the Interior and Minister for Relations with Parliament. After the 2025 elections, Edi Rama returned him to the leadership of the Socialist Parliamentary Group. Today, he is also part of the Presidency of the Socialist Party.

Balla's name has been mentioned over the years in strong public debates regarding his acquaintances with people from the business world and individuals with criminal records.

A documented case is that of Edmond Bego. In 2018, Balla publicly admitted that he knew Bego and his family, while denying opposition accusations that he had provided them with political protection. According to the denunciation of the time, Balla had traveled dozens of times with Edmond Bego, to different countries around the world.

The use of Taulant Balla's name by the fraudsters does not indicate that the SP MP is connected to the fraud. In the cases we are talking about, he is the person whose identity was stolen.

But the fraudsters have realized that his name “works.” This is because he carries power, carries proximity to the government, carries the perception of extensive contacts with business and influential people.

In the case of Flamur Rrushi, this is what happened. A businessman believed that one of the most powerful people in the Socialist Party could privately ask him for 100 thousand euros and handed over the money.

This is perhaps the most problematic detail of the entire story. But the normality that the fraudsters try to give to the relationship between politics, power, and money.

And precisely here, the repeated use of Taulant Balla's name should not be seen just as a detail of a police chronicle.

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