Greece arrests 3 for tourism fraud scam
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December 30, 2012, Sunday
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THREE Greeks were arrested on suspicion of trying to defraud the national tourism board, police said yesterday, and the finance ministry is investigating a suspected 12-million-euro (US$15.86 million) hole in the state agency's books.
Tourism is one of cash-strapped Greece's few remaining money-spinners and the EOT tourism board is in charge of funding several promotion campaigns and subsidy programs for the industry.
A police statement said a former EOT adviser colluded with at least two accomplices to cash a forged check of 147,000 euros made out to a hotel on the Aegean island of Syros. The three, arrested this week, were detained after appearing before a prosecutor on Friday.
"They are charged with forming and participating in a criminal organization," the statement said.
The tourism ministry said it was investigating why an EOT checkbook was handled by the 39-year-old adviser, who was not a career EOT official but rather an aide to the board's outgoing secretary general, who resigned last week.
Tourism is one of cash-strapped Greece's few remaining money-spinners and the EOT tourism board is in charge of funding several promotion campaigns and subsidy programs for the industry.
A police statement said a former EOT adviser colluded with at least two accomplices to cash a forged check of 147,000 euros made out to a hotel on the Aegean island of Syros. The three, arrested this week, were detained after appearing before a prosecutor on Friday.
"They are charged with forming and participating in a criminal organization," the statement said.
The tourism ministry said it was investigating why an EOT checkbook was handled by the 39-year-old adviser, who was not a career EOT official but rather an aide to the board's outgoing secretary general, who resigned last week.
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