The revelations never end about the former journalist, PR, and self-styled travel agent, who managed to “sell” the dream of an unforgettable trip to Abu Dhabi to businessmen eager to attend the Euroleague Final Four on May 23-25 — a dream that, as it appears, will remain… fraudulent, as they will watch the games from the comfort of their living rooms. Behind the glamorous image and the comforts promised by her packages, an increasingly complex story unfolds.

As it is revealed, she claimed that besides being a journalist and luxury travel organizer, she had an even more… shadowy role: that of an informant between Palestine and Israel, with missions — as she said — in the war zones of Gaza to assist a war correspondent for a Greek TV station.

She herself, however, speaking to protothema.gr, gives her own version of how she was deceived and where the clients’ money ended up: “I gave the money to someone who told me he had connections for the tickets.” With this phrase, she tries to evade responsibility, claiming that in the past she covered church news for a major channel and in recent years appeared as a PR with contacts at the Jerusalem Patriarchate.

According to information, at least 30 people — including businessmen, shipowners, professionals, and public figures — deposited amounts totaling over €70,000 to secure a seat on a charter flight to Abu Dhabi, as well as VIP tickets which, as it turned out, did not exist. She made the scam look like an organized high-end trip: she sent photos of the aircraft, showed posters with Final Four logos, and claimed the flight was booked “in the name of a well-known company” operating in tourism and luxury travel. Of course, none of this was true.

When protothema.gr contacted her with questions, she did not deny her involvement but went on the offensive. She claimed she was also a victim of fraud. “I gave the money to someone who told me he had connections for the tickets,” she said, trying to shift responsibility to an unspecified third party, without naming who that person is, their relationship to her, or why all the money was deposited into her personal bank account in Chania.

She even claimed that “by late tonight, she will have the tickets” and that “everything will be fine,” while dozens of people remain literally stranded — without tickets, without flights, and most importantly, without their money. Among them is a businessman who deposited €11,700 to travel with his 12-year-old son and now has to explain that they will watch the Final Four… on TV.

While the Abu Dhabi case has already caused reactions, the situation becomes even more complex and serious following a new complaint from a lawyer, who told protothema.gr that the same woman extorted the same amount — €11,700 — from him for another trip, this time Los Angeles-Hawaii, which never took place either. The lawyer said he has already taken legal action and emphasized that he has information on at least 20 other people who fell victim to similar fraud by the same person, at different times and with a similar pattern: luxury trips, promises of VIP access, deposits into personal accounts, and in the end… nothing.

The complaints now form a worrying pattern: a woman who repeatedly convinces financially capable people that she can offer access to “confidential lists” or “special seats” on prestigious trips, using her image as a former journalist with “deep” church contacts and “connections” in political or business circles. Whether it is the Euroleague in Abu Dhabi or tropical destinations like Hawaii, the result is the same: the money disappears, and she always claims… someone else is to blame.

According to reliable information, several victims of the Abu Dhabi case have already gathered evidence — bank deposit proofs, text messages, and photographic material — and plan to approach the Cybercrime Unit and the Financial Police, requesting an investigation for fraud and possibly money laundering.

Authorities are also expected to scrutinize her alleged partner, a man who presents himself as a cryptocurrency expert and is said to manage digital wallets where large sums from these cases might have ended up.