Tag Archives: fraud

Police in Chania, Crete, arrested a 39-year-old man for cheating foreign tourists and demanding a fee for entrance to a church.  The local resident of Chania would stand outside the cave church of Agia Sophia by Topolia village in South Kissamos. He would approach foreign tourists who were unaware that …

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A 57-year-old woman has been depriving several Greeks of thousands of euros promising them high work places at the embassies of the United States and Israel in Athens, against a fee, of course. In the two years the fraudster was in operation she has collected more than 280,000 euro, police …

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A large number of employment agencies have been hiring cheap labor across Europe. But many Greeks have fallen victim to high expectations and fraudulent recruitment deals.   Like most Greeks, Nikos Varthimiadis is bust. Bad debts ruined his bakery last year, pushing the middle-aged man and father of three into …

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For whole seventeen years he has been examining patients, diagnosing illness and ailments and prescribing medicine and therapies.  He had been appointed to the public General Hospital of Kavala, Northern Greece, in 2001. He was supposed to have been a general practitioner. Now he has been fired. Authorities found out …

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Alexander Vinnik, the Russian who was arrested last summer following a US arrest warrant has reportedly submitted an asylum application on Monday. According to local media, the 38-year-old visited the office of the Asylum Service in Thessaloniki earlier today. Vinnik is currently in custody in Diavata awaiting for the crucial …

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The crisis between the Greek government Canadian mining Eldorado Gold and its Greek subsidiary Hellas Gold moved to a new level of escalation on Thursday, when the junior partner of the coalition government accused the Greek subsidiary of  “fraud” and “money laundering.” The claims came from other than the leader …

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An observer mission that has been monitoring the Turkish referendum campaign and vote on expanding presidential powers says the procedures used “fell short” of international standards. The criticism was raised by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) with reference to referendum voting and counting of ballots. The …

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A slim victory that is a defeat in a divided country. Turkey’s referendum result is tight, with a gap of some 1.3 million votes between winner Yes and loser No. Opposition parties cry ‘foul’ because the Supreme Electoral Council allowed non-stamped ballots to be counted as valid. One and a …

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The self-proclaimed billionaire and now fugitive Artemis Sorras has been charged with fraud and running a criminal organization. The office of prosecutor in Athens published a long list of charges against Artemis Sorras and seven of his close associates on Tuesday. The list of charges reportedly contain “half of the …

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Greek police arrested  Nigerian man wanted for cheating a Belgian trader over 10 million dollars. The 56-year-old man from Nigeria, Ali Kassem Soobhe, was arrested in the suburb of Voula in south-east Athens on Thursday. There was a European arrest warrant against him issued by French authorities. The fraud Soobhe …

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A well-organized fraud, a criminal organization that had spread its operation into several countries. The profit at least 35 million USD and 3 million euro over a period of ten years. Among the victims is a well-known Greek businessman. After a police investigation that lasted more than 6 months, Greeks …

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First it was Johnny Depp who had allegedly bought a Greek island for more than 4 million euro. Then it was glam couple Brat Pitt and Angelina Jolie who had an eye on another Greek island. A few days ago, it was billionaire Warren Buffett who had allegedly spent whole …

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An incredible case of fraud and money laundering has been revealed after 20 months of police investigation.  A Greek Non Governmental Organization (NGO) established with the purpose of carrying out de-mining projects in several countries has received a total of 9 million euro in public money and used the money …

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One of Greece’s most beloved fashion designers Michalis Aslanis is dead. He was found in his apartment in Kolonaki in Athens on Wednesday noon by one of his assistants.  Greek media speculate that Michalis Aslanis had committed suicide due to economic problems. An autopsy will determine the exact cause of …

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A fraud attempt to extract almost 150,000 euro from Greek National Tourism Organization lead to the arrest of five people, including a former special adviser to ex-GNTO general secretary Nikos Karachalios. The fraud was disclosed when last Friday a woman tried to get a payment for a cheque bearing allegedly …

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Greek tycoon and former main shareholder of Proton Bank Lavrentis Lavrentiadis was arrested Thursday afternoon in Athens over a case of alleged transfer of hundreds of millions of euros to companies of his own interests in form of commercial loans. Right after his arrest, Lavrentiadis, 40, was taken to a hospital apparently …

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Finally, there is some official reaction  to the offer of alleged Diaspora Greeks to buy the Greek Debt with the mythical donation of 600 billion US-dollars. After several weeks with Greek-American Emmanuil Lambrakis going around, speaking to television channels and inviting journalists to press conferences, creating false hopes to debt-ridden and broke citizens …

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 A case of unprecedented fraud against IKA has been uncovered, a fraud that caused Greece’s biggest social security fund damages of at least 6 million euro. Involved in the fraud are four female senior employees at the IKA branch in Kallithea suburb in the South of Athens and two spouses. With fake prescriptions, medical expenses, …

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A legal file with 93,000 pages, powerful names of local soccer officials,  at least 90 suspects and 41 fixed matches are reportedly involved the big scale scandal that sweeps through the Greek soccer and shakes the county. Presidents of Football Clubs, referees, soccer players and bookmakers they give the jack of the porsecutors’ door in …

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 We have seen this film before… That gasoline stations owners cheat their customers by tank filling. Now a research conducted by the Athens Polytechnic University found out that 10% of the pumps at service stations are “tweaked”. The Ministry of Development seems to agree with the findings even though the …

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