“The Municipal Authority reaffirms its complete commitment to complete transparency”
Announcement issued by Municipality of Athens For the former school committee manager, who embezzled money and some of them played them in betting. He was convicted, while both he and the betting company returned the money, with the mayor of Athens Harry Duke to send zero tolerance message.
“With the conviction of the former Administrator of the 1st Municipal Community School Committee of Primary Education, Completed the trial of embezzlement of money from the Commission Fund during the period of the previous Municipal Authority Bakoyannis“, Initially the Municipality of Athens and below stresses:
«The convicted person abused EUR 75,000 between December 23, 2019 and January 3, 2020of which 32,500 euros were transferred directly to a betting company, while 42,500 euros were deposited in his personal account. The Second Three -Member Criminal Court of Athens imposed a 12 -month sentence with a three -year suspension. The betting company returned the amount of 32,500 euros to the school committee account, while the convicted person returned in 2024 and the remaining amount that had been misappropriated. “
And the announcement concludes: ‘The Municipal Authority reaffirms its total commitment to full transparencyin public control and in good management of the resources of the Municipality for the benefit of the citizens. “
For his part, the Mayor of Athens Haris Doukas made the following statement:
“The Municipality of Athens does not forgive or hide. Anyone who puts his hand in public money is punished. Citizens’ trust is sacred to us. No corruption tolerance, no shadow in the integrity of administration. We will continue to operate with transparency and accountability. “