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How two emails uncovered alleged €3.5m fraud involving Greek children’s charity

Two nearly identical complaints, submitted in 2024 and 2025, prompted an investigation by Greece's organised crime unit. Of the €4.53m raised to help seriously ill children, more than €3.5m was allegedly withdrawn by Konstantinos Finiridis and his partner

Donations for sick children and a life of luxury: Inside Greece’s multimillion-euro charity fraud investigation

Court documents reveal lavish hotel stays, expensive nightclub outings and football betting discussions involving a man accused of exploiting donations intended for seriously ill children

Greek NGO chief to stand trial over 92 year old Kolonaki woman’s will forgery, in €1m inheritance scandal

Four people, including a notary and two witnesses, face criminal charges over a disputed inheritance involving property, bank deposits and gold coins, after civil courts ruled the will was forged

Singer Giorgos Mazonakis died 42 minutes into plasmapheresis at Athens clinic, machine data reveals

Toxicology and histology results due this week should reveal which drugs the singer was given, as charges may be upgraded and phone records draw a hypnotherapist and possibly others into the widening investigation in Athens