The case of the disappearance of a 92-year-old woman from Kolonaki is heading to criminal justice, as Michalis Dardaneliotis and the notary who allegedly drew up the controversial public will appear before an investigating judge and were released on conditional release.

According to prosecution sources who are well aware of the details of the case, Michael Dardaneliotis, the legal representative of the NGO “Chain of Hope for People with Neoplasmic Diseases – Chain of Hope”, is a charge of forgery and incitement to a felony for the act of false certification with the aim of having his company become the heir of the 92-year-old deceased woman and obtaining a large financial benefit.

The notary E.S. who drafted the will is also charged with a felony for acts related to the drafting of the will, which, it is recalled, has already been found false by the civil courts.

The terms

Judicial sources say that after the defendants’ pleas, inquisitor and prosecutor decided not to proceed with their pre-trial detention, but imposed restrictive conditions on Dardaneliotis and the notary. Specifically, they were ordered to pay a financial bail and mandatory appearance at the police station in their area.

It is noteworthy that, always according to cross-referenced information, both accused answered in the affirmative to a question from the investigating magistrate about whether they had been charged in the past.

Besides, the investigation by Pronto Thema has revealed other similar cases, in which both Dardaneliotis and notary E.S. are allegedly involved, which intensifies the possibility of a recurring pattern in these cases.

The new judicial development is added to a case that had already occupied the judiciary.

Typically, the legal heirs of the 92-year-old woman had also appealed to the civil courts against the will displayed by the company of Dardaneliotis , claiming that it was a forgery and were vindicated by the decision of the Athens Court of First Instance which ruled that the elderly woman’s signatures were not genuine but the product of imitation handwriting.

Reports say that during the defendants’ plea, both notary E.S. and Michael Dardaneliotis denied the acts attributed to them.

Michalis Dardaneliotis allegedly stated that “Chain of Hope” had become known through social media and television shows such as Sophia Papaioannou’s “360 degrees” and Zina Koutselini’s “Truths with Zina”, in which he appeared talking about his charity work, and that the 92-year-old woman had approached him through this publicity.

According to what he also allegedly stated, he had visited the elderly woman’s house several times and it was he who recommended this notary to her. At the same time, he claimed that the AMKE “Chain of Hope” has ceased its activities until the pending criminal cases are completed.

For her part, notary E.S. allegedly claimed that she had indeed gone to the 92-year-old woman’s apartment in Kolonaki to draw up the will and that she had acted in accordance with the law. As for Michael Dardaneliotis, he said that he knew him from earlier, as they had met for real estate purchase and sale issues.

The connection with the case of Nikos Sergianopoulos’ half-brother

Of particular interest is the fact that, according to reliable information, the same people involved in the case of the 92-year-old appear in the controversial probate case currently under judicial investigation, that of Leonidas Lagoudakis, half-brother of actor Nikos Sergianopoulos.

And in this case, according to the evidence so far, Michalis Dardaneliotis and notary E.S.

In this case, “Chain of Hope” proceeded through Dardaneliotis to accept the inheritance and immediately proceeded to the sale of Lagoudakis’ assets, gaining a financial benefit of more than 1.25 million euros.

Recently, a recent forensic expert report reportedly concluded that Lagoudakis’ signature on the relevant will is not genuine, which intensifies the authorities’ interest in the case.

The case of Lagoudakis is directly linked to the activities of the NGO “Chain of Hope for People with Neoplasmic Diseases” and its founder, Michael Dardaneliotis, already under prosecution investigation, an investigation initiated by the Authority for Laundering, which had issued an order to freeze the assets of the company and its founder.

Among other things, it is reported that the money allegedly obtained from criminal activity by Michael Dardaneliotis is estimated to exceed €800,000.

The revelations about the company, which is already under the microscope of the authorities for money laundering of hundreds of thousands of euros and real estate, have led to a series of judicial and journalistic investigations, bringing to light serious indications of a well-organized scheme targeting the assets of unsuspecting elderly people.