The head of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority, former deputy prosecutor at the Supreme Court Charalambos Vourliotis, has frozen the assets — including bank accounts, safe-deposit boxes and properties — of Konstantinos Firinidis, founder of the NGO “Children’s Playground”, and his partner, Vasiliki Manisioti. Both are accused of embezzling €2.9 million.
In particular, as the Authority traced transfers of the accused’s funds through PayPal accounts, it found money in Luxembourg worth €300,000. The Authority has already frozen their properties in the Thessaloniki area.
Finally, it has emerged that donors can claim funds frozen by the Authority if they can show that the money belongs to them, using the relevant supporting documents in their possession — that is, documents or emails confirming that they transferred money to the NGO.
SOURCE: ANA