Ark of the World: 2 Million Euros “Hole”, Catapult Discovery by Financial Police for Father Antonio

In the last five years more than ten major expenditures of more than 2,000,000 euros have been made in the various structures of the World Ark.

The conclusion drawn by the Financial Police Directorate is a “cataball” for Father Antonio, as it appears that the payment was not made from any bank account belonging to the “Givotos” president, elder or any member of the administration. Structure Board Council.

This money appears to have been used to purchase traditional houses in Ioannina, with many resources devoted to their renovation. According to the data of investigation, they seem to be clear cases of fraud, misappropriation, betrayal and tax evasion.

Father Antonio: A stone-built “paradise” built with moneybags amid capital controls

In a publication of the newspaper Eleftheros Typos, the costs of the Ark of the World are said to exceed 2,000,000 euros, with references to “invisible” materials, purchases, constructions and works. Payments were made for activities that did not occur or were not completed, as reported.

Also, Father Antonio’s stone-built “paradise”, traditional houses near the enchanting lake of Ioannina, were bought in 2015 with bags of €100,000 in cash…amidst capital controls. Another 250,000 euros was given for its renovation and reconstruction, and money was also given in garbage bags.

In other words, about 400,000 euros were paid, which, according to the Financial Police Directorate’s investigation, did not come from any bank account of Father Antonios, the elder, the board of directors or the NGO and origin. Funds are not justified by any other source of funds.

Ark of the World: In two “camps” associated with NGO

At the time Father Antonios filed a memorandum regarding complaints of rape, infidelity, beatings, abuse and other criminal offenses, police officers observed “suspicious” … movements, changes in evidence and physical and remote pressure. Initial and key witnesses in the case.

Uniformed observers, prisoners, board members, and workers in the structure of NGOs are divided into two “camps” after a commotion erupted by complaints, and some of them settle their differences with threats and attacks. against enemies. A similar and violent one was seen in Kolonos a few days ago, when a 16-year-old boy was returning to the NGO, when two masked men approached him, they asked him: “Are you on the side of the father’s ark?” . Punches, kicks and drags on the asphalt.

Arc of the World: 2 million euros spent over the last five years

Over the past five years more than 10 major expenditures, with a financial cost of more than 2,000,000 euros, have been made in various structures of the Arc of the World, according to an investigation by the administrators of the Economic Police Directorate. There is evidence that more than half of the money has been paid, but no purchase, construction or work has taken place or been completed.

Expenses made without doing what they wanted, the purchase and renovation of the house in Ioannina with cash in garbage bags (!), unjustified 350,000 euros in the house of father Antonios and the elder in Kolonos, according to documents officials of the Economic Police Directorate fraud and money laundering crimes.

Suppliers, documents and… autopsies

Officials from the Economic Police Directorate are expected to send their findings to the relevant prosecutors in the next few hours (if they haven’t already done so).

The purpose of the investigation is to establish whether these commissions, purchases of real estate, works or were fictitious to justify the money taken by strangers, “launder” the money that came from fraud, treachery and treachery. tax evasion.

In the first phase, they collected a large number of documents from all the structures for the NGO’s expenditure related to materials, construction, procurement or work. Police officials compared the tax data with documents, some post-mortems and expert opinions to see if any works, constructions, money were spent. In the context of these – detailed post-mortems – there are serious indications that some items and works were not done or were incomplete.

The police officers handling the investigation took evidence from the suppliers and work crews who completed the same materials and works to compare the amount of money with the documents collected from the NGO’s structures. There were documents, bank transfer details for some of these jobs, cash receipts and details of services rendered in others.

In the same context, a parallel investigation was carried out on the documents of major sponsorships of the structure to establish whether any sponsorships were fictitious by “proxies” and “beneficiaries” to launder black money. .

Stone-built houses in Ioannina show “karabinet” forging and washing

The three stone-built houses of Father Antonios in Ioannina appear from the data of the investigation to be clear cases of laundering, fraud, treachery and tax evasion. Buying and rebuilding them with cash, an acquisition not justified by any source, is a serious element in committing many crimes.

The three stone houses are situated on 10 acres of lush green land near a local lake, with lush vegetation, gardens and orchards. They were bought by Antonio’s father in 2015…for 100,000 euros. According to their owner, the renovation required another 250,000 euros. All this happened when the banks were closed.

According to the report, the owner of the land and property received the money in bags, which had a huge impact on him. Although initial negotiations took place between the owner and “Givoto” for the construction of a place to entertain the children, Father Antonio finally signed the contract of sale. The former owner was forced to sell the land and property after his son was involved in a serious car accident. In fact, he sold it for 150,000 euros, but was pressured to drop it to 100,000 euros.

Father Antonios would spend a lot of time at these properties when he visited Ioannina with one of his “protopalikaros”. It is also worth noting that the Anti Money Laundering Authority’s investigation has revealed that the head of the NGO has not withdrawn money from his salary account even once in the last 8 years. The account, which was found to contain a total of 120,000 euros, had remained untouched since 2014.

About 2,500 transactions were recorded in other accounts of the same beneficiary, Senior, but Arc of the World, while 15,000,000 euros were deposited in the NGO’s bank accounts.