Announcement on the dismantling of the criminal organization that has committed criminal frauds against the Greek State and the European Union, submitting false requests for rent (COVID-19), refundable advances, NSRF subsidies and contributions.

The illegal economic benefit exceeds EUR 5,700,000, while the members attempted to extract an additional 3,777,562.19 euros in the same way.

6 members of the organization were arrested and 2 more people and the case file includes 6 other members of the organization.

In research conducted, in various areas of Attica and Corinth, they found and confiscated, inter alia:

– 61,900 euros,
– bank checks totaling -24,200 -euro,
– 2 gold pounds,
– numerous withdrawal cards,
– a number of companies and stamps of companies,
– 8 mobile phone devices,
– Precision scales,
– 21.48 grams of cocaine and
– 9 Ecstasy Drugs.

In addition, ELAS has released audiovisual material from the large -scale police operation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxR7p-geofw

The structure and action of the organization

He had taken over an accountant with specialized knowledge.

The members managed a network of 40 companies and used 55 properties (including their homes), to submit virtual lease contracts, in which they declared excessively high rents, incompatible with their real values ​​and uses, in order to deceive the State during the period of support.

At the same time, the members, taking advantage of the network of companies managed, applied to either receive either NSRF grants or reinforcements as refundable advances, using fake documents, false details and virtual documents.

At the same time, through “barriers”, who were declared as managers to the above companies in order to avoid responsibility, they secured staff without the payment of contributions, damaging EFKA.

As stated in the announcement, the virtuality of the contracts is illustrated by:

– the virtuality of some companies,

-The amount of leases in combination with the particular characteristics of the leases,

– The period of time the contracts under investigation took place, ie the period of exacerbation of COVID-19,

– the declared use of the lease (such as for the services of recreational events),

– the alternation of the same companies, as well as their status in contracts as a landlord and a tenant,

– the successive use of the same property (at different and the same as appropriate) by many of the companies involved,

– the lease statement in areas where companies did not declare activity,

– The solution of leases and re -training them in order to either eliminate any restrictions on their further lease (eg prohibition of superstition), or to draw up new contracts with much higher rents,

– The amount of supervisions between the companies involved, which was much higher and multiple than the initial (real) leases with the original owners.

How did the money ‘rinse’

In terms of legalizing their illegal revenue, they were absorbed by the above corporate network and were placed on the same bank accounts that loaned the profits from the legal activity of the companies.

Then the money was invested back to companies By expanding their legal activity, such as the construction of real estate, etc., either transferred to bank accounts abroad, or used to meet their individual consumer needs.

In particular, they had installed an interbank channel consisting of 122 bank accounts belonging to the corporate network. Through them, they made at least 57,253 transactions in which they constantly carried amounts who received, to avoid their detection.

As it turned out, transfers were carried out between bank accounts exceeding 10,897,157.30 euros.

The members then made withdrawals of the money, which they used to build luxury properties, or were credited to other accounts on their network.

The detainees are taken to the competent prosecutor’s office.