New warrant for Aggelos Filippidis

Evidence of a 52-million-euro loan given by Hellenic Postbank in 2009 to a real estate firm that subsequently filed for bankruptcy has come under particular scrutiny.

Prosecutors issued a fresh arrest warrant for the former head of Hellenic Postbank Angelos Filippidis, who is currently held in a Turkish jail pending his extradition to Greece in connection with a probe that revealed that the bank issued suspicious loans worth a total of 104 million euros to a series of companies, when he was in charge.

Moreover, Kyriakos Griveas and Anastasia Vatsika wanted on warrants for the Hellenic Postbank suspicious loans turned themselves in to Scotland Yard in London a few days ago.

According to Greek police, the process for their extradition to Greece has already begun. The charges against them have to do with direct complicity in felonies perpetrated by the former Postbank CEO Aggelos Filippidis and the bank's board members that gave them the loans.

More specifically, there are two loan contracts , dated 23 March and 12 August 2009, for 7 and 10 million euros respectively, with the firm “C and C International,” belonging to Griveas and Vatsika.

Prosecutors issued a fresh arrest warrant for the former head of Hellenic Postbank Angelos Filippidis, who is currently held in a Turkish jail pending his extradition to Greece in connection with a probe that revealed that the bank issued suspicious loans worth a total of 104 million euros to a series of companies, when he was in charge.

Moreover, Kyriakos Griveas and Anastasia Vatsika wanted on warrants for the Hellenic Postbank suspicious loans turned themselves in to Scotland Yard in London a few days ago.

According to Greek police, the process for their extradition to Greece has already begun. The charges against them have to do with direct complicity in felonies perpetrated by the former Postbank CEO Aggelos Filippidis and the bank's board members that gave them the loans.

More specifically, there are two loan contracts , dated 23 March and 12 August 2009, for 7 and 10 million euros respectively, with the firm “C and C International,” belonging to Griveas and Vatsika.