Kyriakos Griveas
Greece
Griveas-Vatsika Released On Bail for Hellenic Postbank Unsecured Loan Case
Kyriakos Griveas and his wife Anastasia Vatsika were released on conditions on Monday after testifying to the examining prosecutor for Corruption Giorgos Andreadis in relation to the Hellenic Postbank unsecured loans case.
Following a unanimous decision by the examining investigator and...
Crime
Griveas-Vatsika Couple To Be Extradited To Greece
A London court ruled yesterday that businessman Kyriakos Griveas and his spouse Anastasia Vatsika must be extradited to Greece to stand trial in relation to an unsecured loan issued by Hellenic Postbank.
This was after Greek authorities had asked for...
Greece
It's Easy To Find The Greeks Who Can't Steal Straight
There’s so many scandals in Greece that you need a scorecard to keep them straight and they all involve politicians, businessmen and connected people who thought, often with much justification that either they were too smart to get caught,...
Crime
Turkish Court Releases Filippidis
Angelos Filippidis, the former head of Hellenic Postbank who was arrested in Istanbul after Greek authorities said he was wanted in connection with a bad loan scheme at the failed state bank he ran, was released by a Turkish...
Crime
Greece Presses Postbank Prosecution
The Greek government said it continues to crack down on corruption by arresting financial officers, businessmen and their associates in the latest scandal involving a Greek bank that provided hundreds of millions of euros in unsecured loans.
The government arrested...
Crime
TT Scandal Fugitives Free Again
A Greek couple wanted in the Hellenic Postbank scandal and who turned themselves in to British authorities after being the subject of a worldwide hunt with the help of Interpol were released almost as soon as they surrendered on...
Crime
Hellenic Postbank Fugitives Caught in London
British authorities said that Kyriakos Griveas and his wife Anastasia Vatsika, who were subjects of a worldwide hunt and being sought with the help of Interpol as Greek officials said they had absconded with as much as 17 million...
Crime
TT Bank Scandal Probe Grows
At least three prominent businessmen, who haven't been named, have reportedly been implicated in a scheme to scam the failed state-owned Hellenic Postbank out of more than 500 million euros ($677 million) in bad loans, and investigators said they've...