SYRIZA MPs file criminal complaint over Folli Follie email leaks

Three lawmakers of the main opposition filed a criminal complaint on Thursday against a former executive of troubled Greek jewellery maker Folli Follie concerning a series of leaked company emails which insinuate political interference to protect the company from regulatory oversight.

The emails were contained in an audit report by PricewaterhouseCoopers which shows that the group's management had, from 2001 to 2017, inflated its sales, profits and equity, through virtual purchases and sales from/to both affiliated companies and completely nonexistent ones.

The report suggests senior officials of the then SYRIZA government provided behind-the-scenes political cover to Folli Follie, with the knowledge of the prime minister at the time, Alexis Tsipras.

One email in particular between Folli Follie security director Nikolaos Sakkos, and the company's then major...

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