Spyware founder admits sale to Greece in court filing, lawyer says

A lawyer representing victims of the Predator spyware has drawn attention to a court document filed in Israel, asserting it marks the first time the spyware's founder, Tal Dilian, has admitted to selling the surveillance software to Greek authorities.

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This is the first time that a court document states that the procurement of spyware in Greece is not something false, but something true and moreover characterizes it as legal and presents his own association with the use of the software as false.

Zacharías Kessés, the lawyer, stated that Dilian's admission in the legal filing confirms the spyware's procurement in Greece was not a false claim but a reality. He emphasized that Dilian's lawsuit against a victim in Greece, seeking damages for alleged defamation, inadvertently includes this crucial detail.

Kessés urged the prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Greece to investigate the matter thoroughly, labeling it the "biggest scandal of the Third Hellenic Republic." He called for Dilian to be summoned to testify, and if Dilian is deemed unreliable, Kessés suggested summoning five Intellexa employees who handled the software's installation and removal.

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The prosecutor of the Supreme Court has a huge burden to rise to the occasion, to investigate the case. A scandal that everyone knows, they admit it is the biggest scandal of the Third Hellenic Republic. Mr. Bakelas, as the handler of the case, must do what is legal, summon Mr. Dilian to testify.

"The prosecutor of the Supreme Court has a huge burden to rise to the occasion, to investigate the case," Kessés said. "A scandal that everyone knows, they admit it is the biggest scandal of the Third Hellenic Republic. Mr. Bakelas, as the handler of the case, must do what is legal, summon Mr. Dilian to testify."

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And if some believe that he is unreliable and cannot even testify, we have shown him the way. There are five natural persons: the general director of Intellexa, the administrative director of Intellexa, and the three technicians who installed and removed the software, who until now, and this is the unthinkable, have never testified.

Kessés announced his intention to visit the Supreme Court prosecutor's office to submit the evidence he possesses. He plans to request the case be reopened from archives for investigation, expressing hope that justice will prevail.

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I will submit the documents, but I will also request the reopening of the case from the archive and its investigation. Mr. Bakelas must, as he should have already intervened ex officio in previous stages, after the public statements and after yesterday's events, investigate the case. I will do it, I will ask for it. I hope justice will rise to the occasion.