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EOPYY: Severe criminal charges against those arrested in the doctors and pharmacists racket

The arrested individuals are being prosecuted for, among other things, forming a criminal organization, fraud, false certification, drug trafficking, and money laundering – They were granted time to testify on Monday

Newsroom May 29 02:30

The Athens Prosecutor’s Office has brought serious felony and misdemeanor charges against those arrested in connection with the new fraud network involving the National Organization for Healthcare Services Provision (EOPYY).

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Specifically, charges were filed for:

  • Leading, forming, and joining a criminal organization
  • Fraud committed jointly and repeatedly against a legal entity under public law (LEPL), causing damages exceeding €120,000
  • Repeated false certification against a LEPL
  • Incitement to commit the above offenses
  • Forgery and use of forged documents, jointly and repeatedly, against a LEPL
  • Aggravated drug trafficking committed jointly within a criminal organization, involving a doctor issuing prescriptions without medical justification and a pharmacist dispensing narcotics without a valid prescription
  • Aggravated money laundering from criminal activity, committed in a professional capacity

Additional misdemeanor charges were also filed, including illegal possession of weapons and unlawful collection, storage, and use of personal data.

The accused have been granted a deadline to give their statements next Monday.

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