The Head of the NGO "Paidiki Chara" Was Remanded in Custody - "I Did It because of My Gambling Addiction"
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"I did all this because of my gambling addiction. I needed money to gamble. 400,000-600,000 euros were not returned. I did not live a luxurious life," the founder of the NGO allegedly claimed. The post NGO "Children's Joy": The head was remanded in custody - "I did it because of my gambling addiction" appeared first on in.gr.
Konstantinos Firinidis, head of the NGO "Children's Joy", was sentenced to pretrial detention, accused of stealing 2.9 million euros from citizens' donations for children with serious illnesses. Firinidis apologized earlier to the Thessaloniki investigator. The 37-year-old is being prosecuted for fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, bribery for altering the result of a match, as well as for gang membership. Yesterday, his partner was remanded…
The NGO founder claimed that he was "regretful and devastated" and asked for "a sincere apology from everyone and not pretentious"
"I am remorseful and devastated. I sincerely apologize to everyone - I don't say this pretentiously," the defendant said.
Konstantinos Firinidis, founder of the NGO "Children's Joy", who is accused of embezzling 2.9 million euros from charity fundraisers for sick children, is being taken to prison after pleading guilty to the 1st Regular Investigating Officer of Thessaloniki.
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