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Tsohatzopoulos’ house near Acropolis to remain property of state

Tsohatzopoulos’ house near Acropolis to remain property of state

The controversial property on Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, beneath the Acropolis, bought by the now jailed former minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos, will remain the property of the Greek state, an Athens Criminal Appeals Court ruled on Wednesday.



The court also sentenced Tsohatzopoulos to five years, six months imprisonment and fined him 210,000 euros for filing an inaccurate statement of wealth that did not include the property, while depriving him of his political rights for three years according to ANA-MPA

The former minister has the right to appeal against the decision.

Tsohatzopoulos is concurrently serving a lengthy prison sentence for accepting kickbacks to approve defence ministry arms programmes.