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The abbot, the pawnbroker, and the… appraiser – How the Byzantine icon scam was set up and the phone call about Thanasis that “gave them away”

The ring planned sales of icons and two 18th-century Gospels for €200,000 – How Greek police undercover agents exposed the abbot of the Mega Spileo Monastery in Kalavryta along with his monk assistant

Massive customs fraud with Chinese scooters: ringleader “Kelly,” her Greek accomplice, and damage over €250 million

They manipulated duties and made millions – Police raid at Piraeus Third Customs Office and customs brokerage offices – protothema.gr publishes the European Public Prosecutor’s Office order

How the Greek connected to the $1.5 billion crypto mega-theft was identified

The Anti-Money Laundering Authority detected a Greek user's digital wallet containing stolen digital funds – How the thread of the cyber-theft that shook the world is unraveling

How the fake paintings scam industry worked – The leaders, the artists and their marketing

13 people, members of the organisation, were arrested, while one more person has been identified and is wanted

The VIP passenger by PR agent for a charter flight to Abu Dhabi

See the... handwritten list "like a supermarket shopping list" and the contract that was never signed – "She wanted to make a €30,000 commission," says the airline owner who was to operate the charter

The angry messages about the PR scam with the Final 4 while the complaints are growing: “Your audacity knows no bounds” – They file a class action lawsuit

A private employee at a shipping company describes to protothema.gr how she was unintentionally entangled in the woman’s network of contacts

Call centers “pretended” to offer investment opportunities in the Gulf

104 arrests of Arabs in two companies in Athens

Fraud ncovered in Xanthi – Scammer took €2,500 and four gold sovereigns for fake surgery of his relative

One arrest - Two accomplices wanted

Yannitsa scam: 53-year-old woman duped into leaving €10,000 in trash bin for fake injured son

A 53-year-old woman in Yannitsa was tricked into leaving €10,000 under a trash bin for her supposedly injured son - Authorities identified a 33-year-old Bulgarian woman involved in the scam

Enigma of the “fake Brad Pitt” scam: $830,000 stolen from French woman, suspects remain unknown

Thinking they were having an affair she sent him the money and divorced her husband

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