{"id":13841,"date":"2026-03-30T01:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T01:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/four-held-over-alleged-multi-million-euro-public-funds-scam\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T01:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T01:57:18","slug":"four-held-over-alleged-multi-million-euro-public-funds-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/four-held-over-alleged-multi-million-euro-public-funds-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Four held over alleged multi-million-euro public funds scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1299564\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/efka_9_web-320x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/efka_9_web.jpg\" alt=\"Four held over alleged multi-million-euro public funds scam\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/efka_9_web.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Four suspects were placed in pretrial detention following multi-day hearings in a case involving an alleged fraud scheme that defrauded Greece\u2019s social security fund, EFKA, of millions of euros.<\/p>\n<p>The case involves 22 defendants, including two accountants and an advertiser deemed central to planning and executing the alleged scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Also detained was the brother of a former reality TV contestant linked to companies under investigation for fictitious transactions.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven other defendants were released under restrictive measures and bail ranging from \u20ac10,000 to \u20ac50,000.<\/p>\n<p>Several denied wrongdoing, claiming their identities or documents were misused without their knowledge.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1299564\/four-held-over-alleged-multi-million-euro-public-funds-scam\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four suspects were placed in pretrial detention following multi-day hearings in a case involving an alleged fraud scheme that defrauded Greece\u2019s social security fund, EFKA, of millions of euros. 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