A case of fraud at the United Nations is currently in the hands of Greek Justice, allegedly committed by a Greek employee of the organization.

Specifically, the woman, who held an important position at the UN with the authority to manage significant funds of the International Organization, is said to have embezzled an amount exceeding 1,000,000 dollars over a period of 7 years (from 2014 to 2021). Criminal charges have already been brought against the employee by the Greek prosecution authorities for the crimes of fraud and forgery. The relevant case file has now been transferred to an investigating judge, who will summon the defendant to make a statement.

The criminal investigation into this specific case was carried out by Public Prosecutor G. Noulis. As part of this investigation, the employee was called to provide explanations. However, she is said to have denied the allegations, claiming that the control system was flawed. She also reportedly argued that her superiors at the UN targeted her.

It is worth noting that this particular case was uncovered following a random audit by the relevant UN services, which discovered that the employee had created expense reports with forged documents.

The International Organization filed a report about the employee’s actions, and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office initially handled the case. However, the latter declared itself incompetent and transferred the relevant case file to the Athens Prosecutor’s Office.