The first trial in the so-called Veltyo Cybercrime Scheme is currently taking place in Saarbruecken, Germany. The defendants are two Kosovans, Betim Tasholli and Azem Spahiu, and the Syrian Mohamad Shaker. Tasholli was the boiler room manager in Pristina, Shaker was responsible for the boiler room in Prague and Spahiu was responsible for the coordination of affiliate marketing around the scam brands Option888, ZoomTrader, TradoVest, or XMarkets. Affiliate marketing was carried out by Miriam Wewermann and Benjamin Wewermann.