The developments in the case of the investigation into the laundering of “black money” and embezzlement by priests of the Catholic Church of Greece, with the freezing of the bank accounts and the confiscation of assets of two sole proprietorships of Patras as well as five natural persons also from Patras.

As tempo24.news reveals, the order freezing the bank accounts is signed by the President of the Anti-Criminal Activities Authority and concerns companies with activity in Patras as well as natural persons, the majority of whom reside in the Achaean capital

According to the Authority’s document, the investigation revealed that natural persons who managed the bank accounts of a Private Legal Entity of a religious nature, transferred sums of money to third natural and legal persons without justifying the specific transactions.

As the Authority points out, the amount obtained from this specific criminal activity exceeds 3,000,000 euros, and the five natural persons as well as the two sole proprietorships committed the criminal act of money laundering, confiscation and confiscation of the assets of the natural persons of a value equal to the proceeds of crime.

According to the information of tempo24.news, the two companies are a sole proprietorship and a limited liability company.

Doors… Hermetically sealed

For another 24 hours, the doors to the Catholic churches of Ermoupoli remain hermetically closed and the mouths sealed.

Consecrated and faithful, they numbly await the decisions of the Prosecutor of Syros, who examines the findings of the Authority for money laundering, according to which high-ranking priests allegedly trafficked millions of the Catholic Church to night clubs of Patras, but also to gambling.

The Prosecutor of Syros, after studying the conclusion of the Authority, in the next few days is expected to call both the high-ranking clerics and the five businessmen from the Peloponnese as suspects.

What does Syros say?

Residents of the island describe to SKAI’s camera, one of the clerics, whose name is reportedly written on the report.

“My opinion was very positive. He was my classmate. Now, of course, all that is being heard, I don’t know to what extent he is responsible or to what extent he is involved in all of this. From childhood he was very close to God. We are waiting to see what is true and what is false, but it is very sad for the society of Syros”, says a citizen indicatively.

The second suspected priest of the Catholic church is reportedly out of Greece due to a family problem.

Eight-year stream

As described in the Authority’s conclusion on money laundering, a high-ranking member of the Catholic church and a subordinate have been sending large sums of money to 5 people in Patras through bank transfers for 8 years.

How much ended up in nightclub investments and even gambling agencies to pay off gambling debts.

The main recipient of the money is said to be a night club owner in Patras, who was previously convicted at first instance for blackmailing the Metropolitan with a “pink” video.

According to police sources, he had managed to extort approximately 500,000 euros with remittances within 1.5 years, while the amount of money he had received in cash was unknown.

The competent authorities do not exclude the remittances coming from the priests of the Catholic Church of Greece in the last 8 years, to be the product of similar extortion.