Chairman of the Children’s hospital "Aglaia Kyriakou" Haris Tompouloglou was arrested
24.12.2013
20:22
Accused of bribery and extortion - Caught with 25,000 euros in marked bills - Deleted from New Democracy - Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis asks the hospital to remove him - He will face the prosecutor tomorrow
54-year-old President of the Children's Hospital "Aglaia Kyriakou" Haris Tompouloglou was arrested for extortion and passive bribery.
According to police, the arrested extortionately demanded the amount of 25,000 euros to not forfeit an advertising company, which after a contest had undertaken a program of the Hospital. Meanwhile, Tompouloglou’s 40-year-old accomplice was arrested as well, as he is accused of complicity in extortion.
It all started with the denunciation by the Chairman of the advertising company, according to which the arrested extortionately demanded money, to not declare the company as forfeit from the relevant program worth of 190,000 euros.
Last week numerous meetings were held between the involved parties. This afternoon a person operating as the president of the advertising company delivered the amount of 25,000 euros in marked bills to the President of the Hospital. Then the arrested handed the money to his accomplice. Both were arrested shortly after by police officers.
Who is Haris Tompouloglou
Haris Tompouloglou was a member of New Democracy and a party statesman for many years. In the municipal elections of 1986, 1990 and 1998, he was elected City Councillor of New Chalcedona, and in the municipal elections in 1994 was candidate for Mayor of New Chalcedona. In the parliamentary elections of 1996 and 2004, as a candidate member of the Athens B’ sector he gathered a significant number of votes.
According to police, the arrested extortionately demanded the amount of 25,000 euros to not forfeit an advertising company, which after a contest had undertaken a program of the Hospital. Meanwhile, Tompouloglou’s 40-year-old accomplice was arrested as well, as he is accused of complicity in extortion.
It all started with the denunciation by the Chairman of the advertising company, according to which the arrested extortionately demanded money, to not declare the company as forfeit from the relevant program worth of 190,000 euros.
Last week numerous meetings were held between the involved parties. This afternoon a person operating as the president of the advertising company delivered the amount of 25,000 euros in marked bills to the President of the Hospital. Then the arrested handed the money to his accomplice. Both were arrested shortly after by police officers.
Who is Haris Tompouloglou
Haris Tompouloglou was a member of New Democracy and a party statesman for many years. In the municipal elections of 1986, 1990 and 1998, he was elected City Councillor of New Chalcedona, and in the municipal elections in 1994 was candidate for Mayor of New Chalcedona. In the parliamentary elections of 1996 and 2004, as a candidate member of the Athens B’ sector he gathered a significant number of votes.
Immediate reaction by New Democracy, deleted Tompouloglou
The New Democracy reaction was immediate, as it decided to delete Haris Tompouloglou from its party records "for unethical behavior."
Adonis Georgiadis: Calls for the cessation of Tompouloglou
"We call the Foundation Aglaia Kyriakou, which has appointed him to cease him immediately as Governor and ask for his resignation from as a lifelong member of the Board, and to proceed in his immediate replacement," Georgiadis said, congratulating the Police for the arrest and assuring that the Health Ministry "is leading the effort for transparency and the fight against corruption."
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