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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-08-10
CONTENTS
[01] Tax authority freezes assets of businessman following prosecutor's
order
[01] Tax authority freezes assets of businessman following prosecutor's
order
Greece's audit center for taxpayers with large wealth ordered on
Wednesday the freezing of all moveable and non-moveable assets of
businessman Yiannis Alafouzos, as part of an investigation into taxpayers
who conducted bank transactions larger than 300,000 euros between 2000
and 2012 and following a complaint filed against him.
According to information, the businessman was summoned before the
financial prosecutor to explain inconsistencies in his tax declarations
which resulted from an audit, but was not able to justify an amount
totaling about 50 million euros. The order has been sent by the
prosecutor, Panagiotis Athanasiou, to all banks. Authorities are looking
into 65 CDs containing data for more than a million Greek taxpayers who
moved large sums of money in 2000-2012.
Alafouzos is a prominent ship owner, chairman of broadcasting group
SKAI and publisher of newspaper "Kathimerini". He's also president of
Panathinaikos football club.
"This is the result of a foretold event, which had pretty much been
prejudged by unauthorized entities two months ago, who are actively
involved in the circulation, spreading and formation of complaints
relating to the investigation. These centers are known and have been
fighting ferociously against my activities in Greece for years. We welcome
the audit and we will contribute in its acceleration," the businessman
said in a statement.
"The fact that this case was announced and activated in the current
context, in the middle of August and, apparently, a few days before the
tender procedure for broadcasting licenses, I leave it to the discretion
of any well-intentioned citizen," he added.
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