Review ordered into release of power executive from jail
NOTICE-UPDATE
NOTICE-UPDATE Εκathimerini.com, complying with the general principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and Law 4624/2019, and taking into account the principles of proportionality and data accuracy, as well as the extrajudicial complaint submitted by Mr. Aristidis Floros on 23.07.2024, who provided additional details to support his request, informs its readers that, pursuant to Supreme Court of Greece Decision No. 575/2024, which adjudicated the case according to Articles 528-529 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, all individuals involved and accused in the Energa-Hellas Power case, including Mr. Aristidis Floros, have been declared innocent of the charges brought against them for the acts of embezzlement, smuggling, and money laundering committed jointly and repeatedly.
A government minister has ordered a review of the decision to release a jailed power executive on health grounds.
Labor, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity Minister Efi Achtsioglou instructed umbrella social security fund EFKA to conduct a sworn administrative inquiry into the issuing of a disability certificate to Aris Floros.
Last week, Floros, 39, was released from jail after he had been diagnosed with a disability rate of over 67 percent due to epileptic seizures. The criminal code allows for the release of prisoners with over 67 percent disability if they have served a fifth of their sentence.
Achtsioglou said that if the certification in this case did not meet all legal and scientific requirements, her ministry would “pursue all means” to have it revoked.
Floros was the managing director of Energa, which, along with another power company, Hellas Power, withheld more than 100 million euros from the Greek state through a special property tax levied via electricity bills.
On the basis of the disability certificate, which was issued by the Disability Certification Center (KEPA), a Halkida court was obliged to authorize Floros’ release from prison.
