OPEKEPE official pushes back against former chief’s claims

[Intime News]

A elder Greek workplace payments authoritative accused of mishandling appeals has pushed back, with her lawyers saying the erstwhile OPEKEPE president who testified against her had himself signed 1 of the contested cases.

Paraskevi Tycheropoulou, an OPEKEPE worker and special subordinate of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), issued her effect aft Kyriakos Babasidis told Parliament’s investigative committee she improperly submitted 13 hierarchical appeals.

Her ineligible team argued that Babasidis signed astatine slightest 1 of the disputed cases and accused him of trying to conceal this by attaching a transcript of the determination without his signature to the complaint.

They besides rejected his assertion that Tycheropoulou near a locked furniture inaccessible, citing a bailiff’s study that it had been opened connected Babasidis’ orders successful the beingness of a locksmith and 4 OPEKEPE executives.

Evidence submitted by the EPPO reportedly includes a signaling successful which Babasidis discusses hiding his signature. The parliamentary probe is ongoing.