Accountant Sentenced to Seven Years for Embezzling €450,000 from Thessaloniki Metro Project
A Thessaloniki accountant was sentenced to seven years in prison after embezzling €450,000 from a company involved in the city’s metro construction. The embezzlement was revealed following suspicious bank transactions and a subsequent investigation. The accountant confessed to the crime, attributing her actions to a gambling addiction. Despite expressing remorse and undergoing treatment for her addiction, the court found her guilty of continued embezzlement without recognizing any mitigating circumstances, leading to her incarceration.