“I was desperate,” says the 45-year-old, who pretended to be a taxpayer and asked for a “bye” to avoid an audit of a business.

The 45-year-old was found guilty by the three-man Misdemeanor Court of Thessaloniki, who presented himself as an employee of the Ministry of Finance to the business owner and told him how he could cancel the tax office’s audit on the business. A similar “package”.

The defendant was sentenced to prison Four months When he was acquitted of fraud charges after he was found guilty of counterfeiting and influence peddling, with a three-year suspension and fine, the victim who reported him told the court that he was financially and morally rehabilitated by 45. – age and therefore does not want his criminal case. It is noteworthy that the court recognized the mitigating factor of honest remorse, resulting in a reduced sentence.

According to the case file, the accused was arrested on April 28 on the complaint of a 36-year-old owner of a shop located in the center of the city. When he lodged a complaint with the police, the 45-year-old contacted him through a social network and told him that he was an employee of the Ministry of Finance and that he could mediate to avoid a planned financial audit of his shop. .

“I got a message that it will come true Check out my shop From a team from the tax office, I have to approach the accused who is supposed to be the head of corrupt government officials who come to my business so that he mediates,” the witness said, adding that he knew all 45 people. -The old man used to trade opposite his shop, although they had no special relationship.

“I don’t believe he is a government official I informed the police It worked immediately, in fact, it responded quickly overnight. After the complaint, the defendant said that he was sorry and that he was desperate to compensate me for the damage I had suffered as he had to close my shop one day for fear of being audited by corrupt government officials. He noted.

“He introduced himself to me as a civil servant – a contract worker at the Ministry of Finance in Athens. He told me that the person in charge was a corrupt, financier. He asked. 1,000 Euros So the store and others will not get ladder 1,000 euros to get off their list “All this because he was a ‘friend’, he only saw me twice, but he wanted to … mediate,” said the witness.

The 45-year-old, who was immediately arrested by experienced police officers from the Property Rights Protection Department of the Thessaloniki Security Directorate, said he regretted his apology in court.

“Honestly, I don’t even know how I started this. I was desperate, I have no sense. I admitted it and regretted it in the first moment and apologized. I found myself in a desperate situation, and the man was to blame for nothing. He knows me as a shop owner. I don’t know how I am going to convince him. I’ve never done it before. Now I am very difficult, mainly psychologically. “I don’t forgive myself, I don’t sleep because I realize what I did to hurt a person,” he emphasized.

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