Greece’s highest court has appointed two new financial prosecutors to replace the outgoing investors Spyros Mouzakitis and Grigoris Peponis who have been digging into a slew of scandals and produced cases against high-level former government officials. Panayiotis Athanasiou, who has in the past investigated the Siemens cash-for-contracts scandal, will become the main financial prosecutor. Galinos [...]
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Former AEK President Nikolaidis Testifies
Demis Nikolaidis, former AEK Athens player and president, testified to the police on March 28 regarding the club’s unpaid taxes, and was released to give testimony next week to the Athens public prosecutor. “I gave myself to the authorities of my own accord and gave testimony regarding debts of 35 million euros which were restructured [...]
Djebbour Examined for Tax Evasion
Rafik Zoheir Djebbour, the Algerian international footballer of Olympiakos is being investigated for possible tax evasion, according to web capital.gr of NET and MEGA. The footballer, first scorer in the Super League, was targeted by economic prosecutors just a few days after his three-year contract renewal with Olympiakos. The triggering event for the examination was [...]
Greece Probes Officials Over Lagarde List
Greek prosecutors have questioned two finance ministry officials close to former Socialist finance minister George Papaconstantinou, who is caught up in a tax scandal shaking Greek politics, judicial sources said on Jan. 4. Agence-France-Presse said the two officials worked in Papaconstantinou’s office when he was minister from 2009 to 2011. The source told the news [...]
Prosecutor Charges Lavrentiadis With Fraud
A Greek prosecutor filed felony charges against prominent Greek banker Lavrentis Lavrentiadis over a financial scandal that has led to the demise of small lender Proton Bank, court officials said on Wednesday, according to Reuters. Lavrentiadis, a high-flying businessman who started from the chemicals industry to rapidly expand into banking and media, has vehemently denied [...]
Prosecutor Recommends Pressing Fraud Charges Against Business Executive
On Friday, Athens First Instance Court prosecutor Yiannis Dragatsis recommended felony charges be pressed against high-profile entrepreneur Lavrentis Lavrentiadis and another 25 individuals, in relation to massive loans that proved damaging for Proton Bank, and which were approved when Lavrentiadis was a board member. The loans, estimated at 701 million euros, were allegedly approved for [...]
ELSTAT False Deficit Case Reaches Supreme Court of Greece
On Friday, financial prosecutor Grigoris Peponis submitted his initial findings on the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) case file to the country’s Supreme Court. According to a former employee of ELSTAT, Zoe Georganta, the statistics service had “cooked” the country’s public deficit numbers in order for the government to impose harsher austerity measures. Mrs. Georganta’s allegations [...]
Economic Prosecutors Peponis and Mouzakitis Remain in Position Until Further Notice
Prosecutors heading the judicial task force charged with fighting tax evasion, Grigoris Peponis and Spiros Mouzakitis have been called by the supervising economic prosecutor Nikolas Pantelis at Areios Pagos earlier today. The two men submitted a memorandum to deputy prosecutor Fotis Makris, which included names and addresses of those who have allegedly tried to interfere [...]
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- Ancient Messene Theater Reopens in August May 25, 2013
- Crete Hosts Talks On Ancient Novels May 23, 2013
- Velos Mutiny Honored in Special Ceremony May 23, 2013
- Contemporary Theatrical Adaptation of Homer’s Iliad May 22, 2013
