Arrangements for all kinds of urban pending were provided by the Fabrica of 5 employees of Rhodes Town Planning and two individuals, according to executives from the Directorate of Internal Affairs.

The possible participation of a former executive of the Urban Planning, who has moved to another municipal service, is being investigated.

The “leader” of the criminal organization is allegedly a private civil engineer whose home stamps of Rhodes were found and related documents.

“Assistant” a second civil engineer.

The Deputy Director of Town Planning is allegedly “deputy commander”, while members of the criminal organization are 4 sections of the same service.

The “work” of the circuit concerned the “Gregory” issuance of urban licenses, bypassing the conditions required for their issuance, extensions, illegal work, forgery and even blackmail for illegal “arrangements”.

The “tariff” of the circuit, which seems to have been operating for several years, was from 1,000 to at least 10,000 euros, but the amount was depending on the financial surface of the entrepreneurs and the size of the settlement.

More than 200,000 euros have been seized so far, town planning stamps, documents from the Rhodes Town Planning Archive.

The large volume of the material that has been seized is estimated to have evidence of which businesses, homes and houses the circuit has been saved.

Members of the criminal organization, in the summer of 2024, reached the point of stumbling or not coming to seal a beach bar after ELAS checks, which had been found to be violated, resulting in reopening as there was no sealing ribbon.

It is noted that the president of the black money laundering Authority, Charalambos Vourliotis, committed the bank accounts of the defendants in the case.