From the Directorate of Finance Prosecution of the Organized Crime Management Directorate, in collaboration with EOPYY, a criminal organization whose members committed criminal fraud at the expense of the body, through virtual prescription of medicinal products. A large -scale police operation were arrested on the case on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 5 members of the organization and 2 more people, while co -defendants are still 15.
They were filed against them for – as a case -by -case – composition, integration and Directorate of Criminal Organization, False certificate-use of a false certificate, fraudulent fraud and forgery for use, continuous and professional at the expense of the Greek State and NPD. with a total benefit and corresponding damage which exceeds 120,000 euros, issuance of recipes and drug administration from a physician and pharmacist respectively, Without the right to intervene in a personal data archive system, the knowledge of these data and use of them, with a total benefit and corresponding damage exceeding € 120,000, money laundering and illegal possession.
Gang was set up since July 2017 – The mode of action
The many months of research revealed that the members of the organization, at least since July 2017, had set up and joined a criminal organization, operational and with constant action and action and action. sought in a methodically and organized way the profession forgery and false certificates at the expense of the National Health Services Agency (EOPYY), illegal processing of personal data, drug trafficking, and the legalization of revenue earned from their criminal activities.
The organization, which consisted of two pharmacy owners as leadership, a pharmacy employee, a physician and a general physician who was active in the Attica and Corinthian areas, had been formed with a criminal outlook over time, and each member had a specific role.
In particular, the members of the organization, had developed a specific network, taking advantage of the existing organization of their individual entities (Pharmacy, Medical Center), in order to identify AMKA, to prescribe false medicines, to perform the prescriptions virtually and then to trade illegally by gaining additional assets, which corresponds to the damage to EO.
More specifically, the defendants were carried out through the doctors – members of the criminal organization in the systematic issue of false prescriptions to AMKA. Mostly persons who had not activated the intangible prescription, so the insured themselves were not able to find the false prescription.
In fact, in order to maximize their profits, They sought through the network they had created to use AMKA. uninsured people, and many times the pumping of AMKA. They were conducted by insured persons who had visited the pharmacy to perform a coronary test test.
Subsequently, through the existing structure and organization of the pharmacy, the defendants carried out the virtual executions of the prescription, signing execution documents instead of the insured, falsifying their signatures, thus succeeding in the deception of EOPYY. and their corresponding illegal compensation.
The false prescription drugs were characterized by a wide range, Including drugs and other psychotropic substances, while further disposal of illegally prescribed medicinal products were carried out through this pharmacy.
At the same time, it was identified illegal activity of 13 managers and one pharmacy official, as well as 3 doctors, who respectively issued and execute virtual prescription of medicinal products, including drugs, causing a corresponding damage to EOPYY. The research found the false version of 33,962 recipes, while the organization’s damage exceeds EUR 1,200,000.
The incriminating findings
From the investigations carried out, In homes, storage, clinics and pharmacies in various areas of Attica, found and seized, among other things:
-17.389 packages of illegally prescribed medicinal products, including drugs containing drugs,
-stem and pistol with a muffler,
-Evoli pistol with ampoule,
-Sews
-51 cartridges of various caliber,
-We of documents (handwritten notes with doctors’ payments, recipes/ opinions etc),
– -mobile phones and
-The amount of € 13,050.
The arrested were taken to the competent prosecutor’s office Principle.