Authorities in Greece investigating the sprawling corruption network centered around the Choriatiko bakery chain have uncovered a handwritten ledger containing the names of 25 officials within the Independent Authority for Public Revenue, known by its Greek acronym AADE.
Investigators recovered the document inside a downtown office on Heyden Street belonging to an 86-year-old chief accountant linked to the ring. The pages list names alongside monetary sums ranging from €8,000 to €60,000, signaling a potential apparatus of state-level collusion designed to manipulate tax enforcement.
The discovery pulls the state’s revenue administration directly into a widening judicial inquiry that already tracks extensive financial irregularities.
Handwritten Notes Target Regional Tax Offices
The handwritten document carries a stark header transcribed in news reports as Transactions upon the order of the 'boss' and D.K.
, according to coverage by PageNews.
The names span revenue service offices across the wider Athens region, Mykonos, Glyfada, and Lamia. One particular tax office within the registry carries the handwritten descriptor Grand Wealth
, highlighting the specific high-value targets implicated in the operational notes.
At the very top of the list sits an official stationed at the 3rd Audit Center, marked with an allocation of €60,000. Immediately following is a high-ranking executive within the 1st Audit Center. Investigators also cataloged entries next to two personnel working inside the Internal Revenue Service’s own Internal Affairs and Tax Evasion Investigation Unit, listing amounts of €8,000 and €50,000.
Beyond straight currency figures, the margins of the seized document contain cryptic annotations such as Requested
and Ruined
.
Prosecutors Verify Financial Transactions Before Filing Formal Charges
Alongside the physical ledger, law enforcement seized printed electronic mail threads recovered from the accountant’s workspace.
Legal experts emphasize that the mere appearance of a name on a ledger does not constitute automatic proof of criminal culpability. Prosecutors must cross-reference every financial transaction, bank movement, and audit file before formal charges can be brought against any listed public servant.
