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The National Intelligence Service accused the Greek army head of using bribes to purchase of home via illegal tapping that rocked Athens.
News media in Athens has disclosed that the Greek Army Head has been using bribes to purchase a home, which caught attention. The report was posted last Monday as the issue of how much the expense was.
Home Purchase of Greek Head Using Bribes
Details revealed that the National Intelligence Service (EYP) said that the Chief of General Staff, Gen. Konstantinos Floros, spent a total of $650,000 for a luxury penthouse, Anadolu Agency reported.
The scandal, which started last summer, has caused aftershocks in the politic of Greece. It was covered by an outlet that keeps abreast of events concerning the charges against General Floros. The property investigation in question is supposed to be in the general's but in the name of his son-in-law. Greek intelligence thinks the source of the funds came from an illegal source, but there needs to be more proof for the claim.
A source stated that in the surveillance of the Greek chief of staff, the emphasis was not for security reasons but instead to get personal information about him. Another worry is how such a charge would impact a democracy. One more disclosure is the government has blackmailed chief Floros because of the dubious monetary activity attached to him.
Greek Army Head Involved in Black Money
Last summer in Greece, the first scandal first blew open after Thanasis Koukakis, a financial journalist, was the target of government tapping with Predator spyware, according to Head Topics.
It was only the start of the head of the PASOK-KINAL opposition party and a European Parliament member, Nikos Androulakis. He was subjected to the same Predator spyware tapping. It started a probe into the incident.
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Last August 4, the former head of the EYP, Panagiotis Kontoleon, told lawmakers that the EYP had been tapping the mobile Koukakis, per Al Jazeera.
Several days later, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis added the Chief of the PASOK-KINAL opposition party but said he was not privy to the wiretap operation. The incident pushed Mitsotakis to tell Kontoleon to leave his position, which would include a top aide and nephew, Grigoris Dimitriadis.
Last November 6, a list mentioned 33 people that were spied on the EYP that took command from Dimitriadis' direct orders.
The individuals disclosed, including Nikos Dendias, Nikolaos Chardalias, Adonis Georgiadis, Kostis Hatzidakis, Christos Staikouras, Antonis Samaras, Michalis Chrysochoidis, Alexandros Diakopoulos, were under illegal surveillance.
One more detail noted in the report is that remarked the EYP, which is under the direction of Mitsotakis, was active in tapping heads of the chiefs of staff that included Konstantinos Floros, Charalambos Lalousis, and Theodoros Lagios. They are all connected to the military establishment that got tapped.
The actions of Mitsokakis that led to scandals are now the reason for holding a snap election, as many offices were compromised. But he is trying to resist the move. Also, the European Commission and European Parliament remarked that it was looking over the scandals in progress.
The Greek army head was alleged of using bribes to purchase an expensive home opened up by intel.
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