The new dialogues of the circle of tax officials that operated at the DOU of Chalkida, which are coming to the “light of the public”, are revealing.

The criminal organization of the tax officials even made a luxurious life with the taxpayers’ money that it extorted through extortion for all kinds of tax reliefs, as proved by the telephone hearings made by the incorruptible Greek Police and included in the case file.

Indicative is the dialogue between the director of the DOU and the person in charge of tax awareness regarding a gang member’s trip abroad.

DIRECTOR DOU HALKIDAS
You’re not telling me T.. what’s his job in Chicago?

MINISTRY OF tax AWARENESS
You can see them too.

DIRECTOR DOU HALKIDAS
He has gone to a hotel that makes 500 euros a day.

MINISTRY OF tax AWARENESS
And you want to give him a lot too huh? Give him a thousand.

In addition, the audacity of the ring is also evident from the way they talked about their victims, commenting that “they also said thank you”.

MINISTRY OF TAXES AWARENESS
I brought them to such a position that they said thank you a thousand times.

OPERATOR
I say sorry to her, yesterday do you think it is?

Finally, a third characteristic passage records the ring’s irritation with a businessman who apparently tries to avoid giving them the exact amount they asked for.

DIRECTOR DOU HALKIDAS
Imagine how much they intended to give us for these mal…

OPERATOR
Yes. I just want to see when the paper will go.

DIRECTOR DOU HALKIDAS
They would throw nothing at us and the health of the fools.

OPERATOR
Look, now is your chance to increase the revenues of the DOU, I don’t know if they increase from this but for… them.

It is worth noting that only in the last quarter the corrupt tax officials had managed to collect 100,000 euros with the “tariff reaching up to 30,000 euros”.

How the circuit worked

As the report states, the leader is the 50-year-old supervisor. She allegedly collected information on the prospective targets with the biggest tax outstandings, which also raised the “extortion fee”. In fact, she herself distributed the money they received to the other members.

The Internal Affairs Department has “raised” the entire relevant file of the cases of the DOU of Chalkida and a number of photocopies of tax cases that were found in the houses of the accused.

An important role was allegedly played by the 67-year-old responsible for granting tax information, who, due to her impending retirement, operated autonomously in demanding the money, and in fact the other members of the ring planned her gradual removal because they considered that they were “taking dangerous risks”.

Next is the 56-year-old tax case handler who was a direct associate of the leader of the criminal organization in identifying the best cases with tax outstandings that would “grow” and processing requirements.

Then there is the 62-year-old accountant who even had a position in the chamber of Evia. He was aware of the tax outstandings of businesses and individuals, so he informed the leader about it and was one of the key links in the subgroup that had been created, talking directly to the leader of the organization.

A key role was also played by the 52-year-old deputy of the D.O.Y. who was head of audits, as well as the 54-year-old head of revenue, while there is also an employee who worked with 4 accountants for entrepreneurs who had high tax backlogs.

The “tariff” was from 5,000-30,000 for:

Tax return
Reduction or cancellation of fines
Failure to perform checks
Illegal income:

€100,000 in 3 months from 17 entrepreneurs
Persuasions:

€80,000 in the house of the director of the D.O.Y.
Notebook with names and amounts from 250 euros to 11,000 euros from November 2020 to May 2024
Phone connection-ghost of the director of D.O.Y.
During her presentation, the director claimed that she had been put in the ring by the person in charge of granting tax information and the operator for an extra income as they told her.

The Internal Affairs Department has “raised” the entire relevant file of the cases of the DOU of Chalkida and a number of photocopies of tax cases that were found in the houses of the accused.