The sinful history, with the exploitation of foreign land workers who offer cheap labor mainly to the owners of strawberry farms in the wider area of Varda Ilia, is being repeated…
A few hours ago it became known that a doctor who works at the Varda Health Center, was caught in the act… by the Internal Affairs Service of the Hellenic Republic of Greece for a case of issuing thousands of false medical certificates to corresponding foreigners as well as for prescribing drugs of specific companies, against fee !
Apart from the doctor, a foreigner acting as an intermediary and two medical visitors of a pharmaceutical company were arrested by the Internal Affairs Service of the Security Forces, as they are – as the case may be – involved in the case
As mentioned in the relevant announcement of the Hellenic Republic of Greece, a case file was filed against them for – as the case may be – bribery of an employee by follow-up and by profession, false certification and falsification by follow-up, breach of duty by follow-up, complicity in the bribery of an employee, bribery of an employee for complicity and for violating the gun law and the immigration code.
There was a previous complaint, according to which the doctor systematically issued false medical certificates to foreigners, for a fee or other unfair advantage, in order for them to ensure legal stay in our country, while for this purpose he cooperated with a foreigner, in to which the interested parties addressed for the receipt of the relevant certificates.
From the research carried out, through the application of special investigative techniques, as well as the collection and correlation of the resulting data, the illegal activity of the doctor was determined.
In particular, it emerged that, for a fee, he granted medical certificates to foreigners from third countries for their alleged previous examination, in order to use them as a justification for the issuance of a residence permit.
At the same time, he received sums of money or other unfair benefits to prescribe pharmaceutical preparations of specific companies. In this way, the medical visitors in turn obtained a percentage of profit from the sales of the companies’ drugs, burdening the National Organization for the Provision of Health Services (EOPYY) and damaging the Greek State.
As part of the operation that took place at the doctor’s workplace, the two medical visitors were arrested at the time they were to hand the doctor a sum of money for the over-prescription of their company’s pharmaceuticals. At the same time, passports of third parties were found in the foreigner’s house, which he possessed illegally, as well as medical certificates in the name of foreigners, which had been issued by the doctor.
In total, from the physical and house searches, the following were found and seized:
- 3,870- euros,
- 4- passports of third parties,
- 2- medical certificates,
- 1- crossbow and
- multitude of white, obviously used, envelopes.
At the same time, it was found that travel agencies had a credit of 8,200 euros from various pharmaceutical companies in the name of the doctor, which he had spent on travel.
According to E.O.P.Y.Y. the doctor, during the last year, had increased the prescription of pharmaceutical company preparations by 60%, having the highest rates of prescription of uninsured patients in the prefecture where he was active.
Finally, from the investigations so far, it has been verified that at least -8- false medical certificates were issued to foreigners.
Those arrested will be brought before the competent Prosecutor.
History repeats itself…
In 2008, a similar case related to the daily wages that foreigners had to present in order to be legalized was revealed in Varda Ilia by the Internal Affairs Service of the Hellenic Republic of Greece.
The police had identified and dismantled a ring of municipal employees who were taking advantage of the legalization anxiety of foreign workers by acting with the tolerance of the representatives of the Local Self-Government.
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