Two misdemeanor counts the competent Appellate Prosecutor told the independent MP Andrea Patsis for the case of the declarations of assets of the last four years that he had submitted, as well as for his participation in foreign companies.

With the criminal prosecution brought by the Prosecutor for the case, they are accused the current as well as the ex-wife of the deputy.

The charges brought by the Prosecutor with the prosecution against Mr. Patsis concern the offenses of inaccurate declaration of assets, as well as participation in companies based abroad in person and through a surrogate on a follow-up basis.

The prosecution against the MP’s wife concerns the crime of complicity in participating in a foreign company through a surrogate, while the ex-wife of Mr. Patsis is facing a charge of inaccurate and incomplete declaration of the whereabouts of the liable husband.

The file allegedly concerns the period from July 17, 2019 to February 25, 2022. According to information in the file, it is stated that Andreas Patsis declared inaccurate assets:

1) In 2019, with a finalization date of the declaration of 20.7.21 and a reference date of 17.7.2019, in the declared properties as he did not register a 28 m2 swimming pool in the name of his then wife in a property in Nea Penteli. He also recorded as an area on his own plot of land in Loutraki, instead of the 4029 m2 listed in the parental care contract, a smaller area of ​​2,635 m2.

2) In the 2021 declaration, he entered income from his wife’s business activity of 15,149 euros instead of 37,694 euros.

3) In 8 loan obligations of his law firm, he entered an incorrect amount from a foreign bank and furthermore failed to provide a certificate for the remaining debts amounting to 70,000 euros.

With regard to the category of participation in a foreign company, the member of parliament is accused of not declaring that he participated in person or by proxy in the capital of a total of three companies in Cyprus. Accordingly, his current wife did not declare a holding in a company based in the United Kingdom.

The case will be taken over by an Appellate Legal Investigator who will be appointed by the Plenum of Appellates, in order to conduct the main investigation.