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Greece's Farm Subsidy Fraud Scandal Rocks Crete: 15 More Arrests
The new arrests come as farmers continue their protests throughout Greece. Credit: Greek Reporter Greek police have arrested fifteen suspects in a major investigation into a new alleged case of fraudulent farm subsidies on the island of Crete, once again placing the country’s controversial farm-payment agency, OPEKEPE (Organization for the Payment and Control of Community Aid), at the center of a scandal. The investigation, launched Friday, targ…
A total of 42 people are involved in the scheme - The agro-unionist Myronas Chiletzakis and the couple Giorgos Lambrakis and Chrysanthi Koutantou, who were married to Nikos Androulakis, were arrested, as reported to the Investigative Committee.
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Even deceased people who had bank accounts were used in the illegal subsidy scheme in Crete, which was dismantled by the Financial Police. More...
The Greek FBI made a total of 15 arrests in Crete for illegal subsidies from OPEKEPE.
SYRIZA sources speak of an “ongoing cover-up game,” commenting on the testimony of ND MP Christos Boukoros to the Investigative Committee investigating the OPEKEPE case. “Yet another witness appeared reluctant to give answers to the Investigative Committee on the “blue” OPEKEPE scandal. ND MP Chrys. Boukoros, obeying the orders of Megaros Maximos, did not consider it “important” to reveal to the members of the Committee the government source who…
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