And the second battle of Fruzi – Prosecutors of corruption – society

Before Corruption Prosecutor Eleni Touloupakis and Deputy Prosecutors Christos Dzhura and Stelios Manolis, Novartis' powerful former man, Konstantinos Frouzis, was found Friday morning. According to Mr. Frouzis, he was summoned by the Crown to provide clarification, and while his request for release from his account in Switzerland is "still pending", he says, refusing to accept his "single active account" abroad "which is imputed to him.

He described as a paradox, "having his only foreign bank account and his free accounts in Greece, from which the foreign account was exclusively fueled."

It was the second time in the past few weeks, Mr. Frouzis, accompanied by his lawyers, Theodoros Panagopoulos and Michalis Farantos, was summoned by the Office of the Prosecutor of Corruption to provide explanations on the basis of his activity during the period when he was Vice-President. Novartis Hellas

Prosecutors badured those who would ask questions about the conduct of investigations that any further persecution (only one was brought against Mr. Frouzis) should be scheduled from September, perhaps in the middle of l & # 39; fall. many people appreciate that rituals other than summer can be characterized.

On July 17, the development of another aspect of the Novartis case should also be interesting, as an appeal to the Supreme Court is appealed to the Serres Supreme Court whereby the four members of the Board of Directors of the company, including its former Italian CEO

This decision was taken in the context of the "small trial" Novartis, both Mr. Frouzis and two doctors, both accused of causing death. recording hypergression for the benefit of the company. Four other board members, with the exception of Mr. Frouzis, were charged, but there was a problem, the clerical constitution was not translated, the five-year period was lifted and On

The appeal, finding that the proceedings were unacceptable, was brought by the head of the Serres Attorney's Office, the prosecutor of the Court of Appeal. The case is therefore under discussion in the Areio Pag, exactly in 10 days.

With respect to the two physicians and Mr. Frouzis, it should be noted that they were acquitted at trial, but the prosecutor appealed the innocent judgment. The new procedure was fixed in the week which has just happened in Serres but has been postponed