A police officer in Thessaloniki has been detained by the Internal Affairs Service of the Northern Greece Security Forces for allegedly attempted to defraud with false medical reports the competent Health Commission of EL.AS. to obtain a medical license, refraining from his official duties. A private doctor was allegedly involved in the same case, but was not detained because the conditions for the application of the automatic procedure were not met.
A case was opened against them for – as the case may be – the crimes of false testimony, continued use of false medical certificates, moral complicity in false medical certificates, false medical certificates and attempted obtaining of a false certificate.
A previous complaint
According to a statement from the Police, a complaint was filed, according to which, during the official inspection, clear evidence emerged that the private doctor issued false medical opinions about the health status of the police officer.
More specifically, the police officer involved – according to the same announcement – using various weakness tricks or special difficulty in moving itto avoid being examined by the competent Health Commission, citing false medical opinions, he tried to convince the members of the Commission that his state of health required medical leave.
In these circumstances, he was placed under discreet surveillance by a competent echelon of the “corruptibles” of EL.AS. and his delinquent behavior was established and he was finally arrested in the morning in front of the Thessaloniki Police Station. The arrested police officer will be taken to the competent Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Source: AMPE