Fugitive Shipowner Surrenders

A former associate of businessman Victor Restis, who was released a few days ago pending trial, has been accused in the media of being an extreme right wing fanatic with shady business dealings.

Police had been searching high and low to find and arrest Pallis, after the two warrants were issued against him.

The first has to do with his implication in the case of toxic loans from FB Bank issued when Victor Restis was the bank's CEO. The second warrant concerns weapons found at his private museum which are under scrutiny for any connections to Golden Dawn.

The erstwhile fugitive arrived at the Appellate Courts at noon along with his attorney.

Last October a search of his villa in the seaside suburb of Voula revealed a private museum replete with Nazi memorabilia, as well as10 handguns, a number of shotguns (all licensed), bayonets, daggers, bows, scopes, and a host of other militaria.

The shipowner also maintains a large private museum in Koropi, which features thousands of firearms, vehicles, aircraft, of many types and manufacturers. Supposedly, the loans requested from Restis' bank was to pay for the museum's land.

A lot of the case against Pallis rests on accusations of a UK citizen Andrew Stacy, who was actually an associate. Yet despite the tip offs from Stacy, so far the police have not found any illegal weaponry, and all of the museum exhibits are “clean” with a police rubber stamps.

Yet, Mr. Pallis has also come under scrutiny after allegations from NGO United Αgainst Nuclear Iran (UANI) that he has had shady deals with embargoed Tehran through intermediaries, dummy, and offshore companies, and the ships of Victor Restis. Yet the otherwise vigilant US authorities have had no beef about doing business with Restis.