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Profile of the “businessman” arrested with weapons in Paleo Faliro: A criminal past of extortion, tax evasion, and robbery

In 1997 his first meeting with the authorities, in September 2024 the last one

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More than six arrests for racketeering, tax evasion, robbery, and more have been made by a 56-year-old “businessman” who was found to have two pistols with two magazines and a folding pocketknife in his car.

The man, who was using a fake driver’s license, was arrested on Tuesday night (13/1) in Paleo Faliro when officers of the IS Team deemed the movement of his car and checked him.

According to information from protothema.gr, the 56-year-old is not the first time that the authorities have been concerned. On the contrary, as is evident from his criminal past, it is one of his “habits”; something that is clearly reflected in the long list below:

In 1997, a case was filed against him for robbery and attempted extortion as he allegedly demanded payment of cheques at gunpoint, and in 1998, he was arrested for a health code violation.

In October 2001, he was arrested on a conviction for conspiracy to commit attempted extortion, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, and conspiracy to commit aggravated serious bodily injury and aggravated unlawful carrying of a firearm.

In July 2005, a case was filed against him for insulting, threatening, and using weapons. The accused got into an argument in the street and threatened the other with a pistol.

In March 2013, he was arrested for tax evasion and a conviction for a KOC. In April of that year, he was arrested by extortion officers for possession of firearms. Following a prosecutor’s order, his house was searched, and cartridges were found.

A few months later, in June 2013, a case was filed against him for gang racketeering and attempted racketeering in conspiracy. He allegedly went with others for financial disputes as a presence.

In February 2014, he was arrested for resisting arrest, insubordination, and making a false anonymous statement after a check at his store during which he gave false information and then hid in the premises.

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In 2015, he was convicted of forgery, and three years later, in 2018, he was arrested for tax evasion.

In September 2024, a case was filed against him for robbery. He entered a house, saying he was from the PPC, and threatened an elderly woman by extracting gold jewellery.

 

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