Hellenic Police managed to expose a network of people who were seizuring luxury properties when they tried to access the Taxis system of Greek Finance Ministry to issue fraud ENFIA certificates for a property worth 2 million euros.

Police arrested four men and three women, from 38 to 64 years old, who were involved in the fraud.

The case began in July 2014 when an owner of a luxurious property in Palaio Psychiko returned from her vacation and tried to enter her house, but she found out that the locks had been changed. The woman filed a complaint to the Police Department of Psychiko which carried out a thorough investigation and found out that the property was sold for 550,000 euros and the owner had no idea.

The woman told police that she had been in contact with real estate agencies to sell her property, but she was informed that the relevant procedure had stopped.

During the investigation, it was revealed that the arrested had presented themselves as the owners using fake IDs and copies of the construction drawings of the houses while they had asked engineers and architects, who had no idea, to issue the required certificates and then they sold the properties.

They even asked tax advisors to adjust and take care of all the tax issues pending for the property and issue ENFIA certificates. It was also revealed that they had sold the same property to three different people.