Financial and Economic Crime Unit

Woman (55) who claimed to be tax official jailed for six years

Published by Kathimerini on Tue, 03/21/2023 - 18:21

A 55-year-old woman who defrauded people of up to €184,000 by claiming she was a senior tax official has been sentenced to six year's imprisonment by a Thessaloniki court.

The woman, who purported to be a director of the Financial and Economic Crime Unit (SDOE), promised her victims that she could secure them a position in the tax agency in return for payment.

Government abolishes SDOE after 24 years in operation

Published by To Vima on Thu, 07/18/2019 - 17:42

Just 10 days after coming to power the government has abolished the finance ministry's Financial and Economic Crime Unit (SDOE), which was established 24 years ago, triggering staunch criticism from main opposition SYRIZA.

SDOE was abolished by Presidential Decree and will be replaced by General Secretariat for Tax Policy and Public Assets.

Welcome to the big, fat, Greek tax fraud party!

Published by Protothema on Thu, 08/06/2015 - 13:54

Once again, it seems that the majority of Greeks are being penalized for the sins of the few. Amongst the pensioners who are guilty of tax evasion are a business advisor who hid 17 million euros, a football manager with 7 million euros and a pension-aged couple who “forgot” to declare the sale of property worth 3.4 million euros.