SwitzGroup seeks release of frozen accounts belonging to nine Bread Factory franchise outlets, arguing that restrictions threaten operations and jobs, as authorities pursue separate major tax-evasion cases involving a bakery and pizza chain, respectively
With all Pizza Fan stores closed and the company's owner in custody, Greece's anti-money laundering authority is weighing whether to unfreeze some company bank accounts to help the chain reopen and protect 2,500 jobs.
The order covers bank accounts, safe-deposit boxes and other assets of defendants in both cases, while exempting payroll accounts to protect employees - dozens of suspects have been arrested as judicial proceedings and police investigations continue
Unpaid VAT and EFKA dues, 500 shell firms and alleged state contacts are at the heart of the case against bakery owner Angelos Giannakopoulos
Authorities are investigating alleged lost state revenue exceeding €100 million in a case involving the owner of the To Horiatiko bakery chain, with the probe also extending to suspected trafficking and a network that could implicate around 100 people
The TV presenter and his wife were remanded in custody along with three other defendants over an alleged scheme that prosecutors say caused €1.5 million in losses to Greece’s social security agency
Prosecutors allege the group caused about €1.5 million in losses to Greece’s social security fund and €5 million in unpaid taxes through a network of companies and unpaid contributions.
LAOS leader Filippos Kampouris and his wife are among eight people arrested over an alleged fraud scheme that caused an estimated €1.5 million in losses to e-EFKA and €5 million to the state
Prosecutors ordered the arrests of a woman and her son after skeletal remains believed to be her mother's were found wrapped in plastic and a sheet in the family's basement.
Investigators recovered remains wrapped in a sheet in a storage room at the Marathon property, as records show withdrawals from the dead woman's account continued into August
Police search continues after reports a woman buried her mother in the yard of their Marathon home roughly a decade ago
Doctors, disability certification officials and private individuals are accused of illegally increasing patients’ disability ratings so they could qualify for pensions and benefits, with payments allegedly reaching €2,000 per case
A related file is expected to be forwarded to the competent prosecutor's office
A major police operation in Roma settlements in Aspropyrgos led to 16 arrests and the removal of 2,380 meters of cable used for illegal power hookups
Police arrested one man after scammers tricked an elderly woman into handing over her savings and gold coins; his accomplices are still being sought
A BBC investigation found at least 30 children, mostly British, may have been conceived in Northern Cyprus using the wrong donors
The University urges anyone who already entered their information to change their passwords immediately
Police say the suspect concealed the body of his 90-year-old father in a commercial freezer after the elderly man died of apparent natural causes, allegedly to continue collecting his pension
A confidential report submitted to EPPO and OLAF alleges senior Greek officials diverted public contract funds through subcontractors, generating illicit political money from technology contracts worth roughly 2 billion euros
Police caught the 30-year-old woman red-handed as she went to collect cash and jewelry from a 73-year-old victim