The FCA has announced the withdrawal of European arrest warrants for KP and DG, respectively the former chief executive and chief financial officer of Globo plc, a formerly AIM-listed company. In 2019 the FCA sought to extradite KP and DG from Greece to face criminal charges...
The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) dismissed the case against Ms Maria Spyraki, a long-standing member of the European Parliament, on allegations of EU fraud in relation to the management of the remuneration of her Accredited Parliamentary Assistants. The decision to dismiss the case was...
The Five Member Court of Appeal Athens returned its judgment on 22.1.2024 after a multimonth trial hearing against 11 defendants involving healthcare professionals, J&J /DePuy officers, and agents on fraud, bribery and money laundering charges in relation to the purchase of orthopedic products by Greek...
On 11.7.2023 the Court of Appeal Athens sitting as a first instance court returned an acquittal judgment for the chair and four high-ranking officers of a leading brokerage firm on charges of market abuse under aggravating circumstances. Following an investigation by the Hellenic Capital Markets...
In a highly publicised case Mr George Loukos, a former chair and artistic director of the Athens & Epidaurus Festival, Greece's biggest annual cultural event, was cleared on 20.6.2023 from financial mismanagement charges by a unanimous judgment of the Court of Appeal Athens sitting as...
On 3.5.2023 Patras Court of Appeal sitting as a first instance extradition chamber issued a decision rejecting an extradition request from the U.S. against a Romanian citizen, who had been arrested in Patras, Greece, on charges of fraud against the US, wire fraud, and money...
After a multi-week trial the Athens Court of Appeal sitting as a first instance court handed down on 27.4.2023 an acquittal verdict for a former CEO of Hellenic Shipyards SA, a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, on charges of instigation to breach of trust under...
A former Partner of Carlyle, the global alternative asset management company, was acquitted on 8.12.2022 by the Court of Appeal Athens on charges of tax fraud in connection with a Greek chemicals distribution company which had been acquired by Carlyle back in 2008. The Court relied...
Following a multi month hearing the Five-Member Court of Appeal Athens handed down its judgment on 26.9.2022 quashing multiyear convictions of former executives and employees of Siemens AG, its Greek subsidiary, and of Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation (OTE) on bribery and money laundering charges in relation...
The Court of Appeal Lamia confirmed on 4.5.2022 the conviction of a Greek businessman in the agricultural products area to five years imprisonment. The businessman embezzled back in 2010 cotton valued 4,9 million USD owned by Louis Dreyfus Company SA. Ilias Anagnostopoulos and Jerina Zapanti advised...