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Over 1,000 Fraudulent Claims Uncovered in EU Subsidy Scandal

9/2/2025

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Greek Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis announced that 1,036 individuals fraudulently claimed €22.7 million in EU agricultural subsidies.
The investigation, led by the Greek Payment Authority for Common Agricultural Policy Aid Schemes (OPEKEPE), is ongoing as the agency is being dissolved.
Authorities reviewed 6,354 tax numbers, resulting in asset seizures and investigations by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Former ministers Makis Voridis and Lefteris Avgenakis are implicated but deny any wrongdoing.

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Greek Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis announced that 1,036 individuals fraudulently claimed €22.7 million in EU agricultural subsidies.
The investigation, led by the Greek Payment Authority for Common Agricultural Policy Aid Schemes (OPEKEPE), is ongoing as the agency is being dissolved.
Authorities reviewed 6,354 tax numbers, resulting in asset seizures and investigations by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Former ministers Makis Voridis and Lefteris Avgenakis are implicated but deny any wrongdoing.