The public prosecutor of Athens has pressed criminal fraud charges against managers of the “Olympic Village” public limited company. The company, which manages the site of the purpose-built housing of the 2004 Olympic Games, is accused of causing the State damages in excess of 120,000 euros.
The charges were filled against the company in response to a Court of Auditors report, which revealed that “Olympic Village” had set up its own “recruitment service” for the public sector.
According to the public prosecutor, the company is accused of “unjustifiably recruiting employees, who later had their fixed-term contracts converted to permanent contracts«.
The prosecutor further notes that to a great extent, these conversions took place during an election campaign period, which resulted in many employees being appointed in the public sector.
