OPEKEPE subsidies case: 19 of 22 defendants convicted
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- An Athens three-member criminal court convicted 19 of 22 defendants in a case involving agricultural subsidies claimed for remote areas.
- Fourteen defendants convicted as principal offenders received suspended sentences of one to two years.
- Five others convicted as accomplices received either a suspended one-year sentence or fines ranging from €8,500 to €11,000.
The trial over the OPEKEPE subsidy case ended in Athens with 19 of the 22 defendants found guilty.
The case concerned people from Crete who allegedly declared themselves owners or lessees of land in remote areas, including Andros, Kasos, Kalymnos, Nisyros, Kastoria and Florina.
Fourteen defendants convicted as principal offenders had received subsidies ranging from €25,000 to €85,000. The court imposed first-instance sentences of one to two years, all suspended for three years.
Five others were convicted as simple accomplices. One received a suspended one-year sentence, while the remaining four were fined between €8,500 and €11,000.
By majority, the court recognized 18 of the 19 convicted defendants as having a mitigating factor based on their previous lawful conduct. The prosecutor had argued that the mitigating circumstance should be rejected.
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Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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