Four former executives of the National Hellenic Health and Consumer Protection Agency were acquitted for alleged illegal recruitments in 2013-2014

Following a month-long hearing, the Athens Court of Appeals for Criminal Matters (Trial Chamber) has acquitted each 4 defendants successful the proceedings for the alleged amerciable hiring of employees astatine the Greek National Health Insurance Fund successful 2013-2014.

The court’s determination recovered the ND person Stamatis Poulis, his wife, Androniki Theofilatou, the erstwhile fiscal manager of CEELPNO, Ekaterini Polyzou, and the erstwhile manager of CEELPNO, Theodoros Papadimitriou, not guilty.

Delivering the acquittal judgment, the President of the Court said: “The archetypal suspect is acquitted arsenic the nonsubjective substance of the transgression of disloyalty is not established. The Court considers that the drafting up and signing of the wage statements does not represent an enactment of tort. The different defendants are besides not blameworthy due to the fact that the discourtesy is of a monitoring nature.

It volition beryllium recalled that the lawsuit had been denounced by Pavlos Polakis who referred to issues of nepotism.