The decision of the Single-Member Misdemeanor Court, which in late February convicted four businessmen in the case of wiretapping through the spyware Predator, has been published.
In the 1,930 pages of the finalized ruling, the president of the court, Nikos Askianakis, provides detailed reasoning not only for the conviction—imposing multi-year prison sentences—of the two Greek nationals and the foreign business couple, but also for his order to initiate a new round of investigations into the Predator case regarding the offense of espionage.
The decision will now be forwarded to the Court of First Instance Prosecutor’s Office, which is called upon to open new criminal investigations into individuals who, until now, had not been subject to judicial scrutiny.
For the scandal, all four defendant businessmen were sentenced to a total of 126 years in prison (with 8 years to be served), solely for misdemeanor offenses.
The decision includes in detail all the disputed trapping messages, the time of entrapment, and the victims, as well as testimonies from dozens of witnesses.
It was also established that the convicted individuals were connected to various state services (EYP, Hellenic Police), the investigation of espionage was deemed necessary, and it was documented that Predator could only be sold to specific state services and not to private individuals.
Finally, it was highlighted that due to the illegal nature of Predator, transactions with the state are likely concealed within other lawful contracts, even those unrelated to the Ministry of Citizen Protection or the Presidency of the Government, under which EYP operates.
Sources: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ, Εφ.Συν., in.gr
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