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The Minister of Protection of Citizens in Greece announced the first withdrawal from a preliminary investigation in the case of a guardianship in Greece.
Thus, during the study, digital data related to applications for 819 620 unique beneficiaries of agricultural subsidies were exported from 2019 to 2024.
In these months’More than 6,000 statements were checked, and more than 22 million euros were charged for unnecessary assistance in more than 1000 cases“, Explained by Mikhalis Chrishoidis.
According to official figures, out of 22,667 million euros, levied 17,234, were discovered in the area of Crete.
The Minister of Protection of Citizens analyzed the development of research and the methods of fraud used, emphasizing this Already made assets.
“This is a case that damaged the Greek society,” the Minister of Protection of Citizens initially noted and continued:
“Some cannot and should not endure to consult with valuable state resources. These resources are designed to support the Greek agricultural economy, and not for the illegal and unjustified enrichment of some. Our duty, that is, the obligation of the state, government and state is to introduce all mechanisms into action in order to prevent and, if necessary, control, detect and punish crime.“
In this case, the minister announced that during the investigation, digital data for 819 620 applications for unique beneficiaries were exported from 2019 to 2024.
Fraud methods
To date, cases of fraud have found that financial subsidies have identified the following methods:
· Falsification of the legal property of applicants declared by parcels.
· Incorrect statement on the possession of dead owners after hereditary rights or in the absence of them.
· Incorrect statement of ownership of animal capital.
· Presentation of unique applications by beneficiaries without the fullness of selection criteria.
· Incorrect announcement of parcels by beneficiaries outside their residence or professional activity.
Continue research
The order of the prosecutor is continuously, and a special group of police officers will be created for this purpose, which will be created by the Crime Management Department, which will continue the investigation, with the following purposes:
– continuous updating of the criteria for marking applications of unique beneficiaries (VAT).
– Examination of criminal groups that were organized to obtain the appropriate subsidies.
– Determination of methods developed to deceive the mechanism of subsidies.