Many of Greece's Accountants Are Crooks, and the Authorities Do Not Lift a Finger to Stop It

The purpose of this report is to present a detailed account of incidents that occurred while  ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ, an accountant,  was acting in a professional capacity during my tenancy of a rental property. The following information describes the events as I personally experienced them and the issues I encountered during my interactions with  ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ. 

1. On 13 June 2018, when I signed the contract in ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ’s office for the rental property, ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ and the landlord, Ε. Π., asked me to pay six months in advance. The total was 1,620 EUR, which I paid in the presence of Ε. Π., Φ. ΤΡΕΜΑΚΗΣ from Real Estate One, and Β. from Real Estate One. Φ. ΤΡΕΜΑΚΗΣ counted the money, then ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ counted it and gave it to landlord Ε.
   I asked ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ for a receipt, but ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ refused to provide one. After a few days, I asked again for the receipt for 1,620 EUR, but ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ refused to issue the receipt.

2. ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ did not give me a receipt for the money I paid to Φ. ΤΡΕΜΑΚΗΣ from Real Estate One. It was 270 EUR for the rental property listing from their website. ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ claimed that she had no connection with Real Estate One. However, they were in ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ's office, and they said that ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ must issue the receipt. I do not have any receipt for the 270 EUR. Real Estate One and Φ. ΤΡΕΜΑΚΗΣ refuse to provide one.

3. I believe that ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ conspired with the landlord, Ε., and Α. Δ. to extort EUR 287 from me by attempting to make me pay an unpaid electricity debt left by the previous tenant. I went to the Public Power Corporation (ΔΕΗ) twice, and they refused to write off the debt. I informed ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ immediately about the problem. My tenancy agreement began on 1 August 2018, and I moved into the property on 15 August 2018. The previous electricity billing period ended on 12 July 2018.

On 16 October 2019, around 14:00, electricity was disconnected from my flat. I suspect this was done by Α. Δ. or his son. They disconnected a cable connected to the electricity meter with the number ending 161. The meter box was damaged, and the wire was pulled out from the meter. No one had any reason to damage the meter. I contacted the Public Power Corporation, and they told me it was not them.

On 21 November 2019, I went to ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ office because ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ told me to come the day before. Ε. Π. and ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ screamed at me to go to the Public Power Corporation to transfer the account to my name. I explained to  ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ and to Ε. politely that they wanted the debt to be paid first. I never shouted or refused to do what ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ asked. I went to the Public Power Corporation twice, and they refused to write off the 287 EUR debt. I have a handwritten note from their representative showing the amount.

I refused to pay the 287 EUR, which is my right. I asked ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ to resolve this matter. ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ kept me in the office for three hours, threatening me because I refused to pay a bill that was not mine.
At the end of the “conversation,” ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ asked me to pay 15 EUR for “consultation” hours. I asked for a receipt, and ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ refused to give me one.

On 29 November 2019, I sent ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ copies of two bills of 200 EUR each that I paid for electricity. ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ did not reply to this email.

On 5 February 2020, I went to ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ office because ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ told me to come the day before. Again, the same thing happened—threats and shouting from both ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ and Ε. Π., demanding that I go to the Public Power Corporation to transfer the account to my name. I asked whether the debt was paid off, and ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ refused to answer. It seemed ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ completely ignored what I was saying. I told ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ I would not pay the 287 EUR and showed  ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ the two 200 EUR bills I had paid for electricity. ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ ignored this and did not even make a copy.

On 26 February 2020, around 12:30, the electricity to my flat was disconnected again. This time, it was disconnected from the main electricity meter, not the flat’s meter. Once again, no one had any reason to disconnect the power except Ε. Π. and Α. Δ., as part of money extortion.

4. Every time I was in ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ office, I was treated like an animal. ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ completely ignored what I said, ignored handwritten notes from the Public Power Corporation, ignored my requests for receipts, and ignored my requests to resolve the 287 EUR issue.

5. ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ does not give any receipts to anyone whatsoever. During all the time I was in ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ's office, ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ did not issue a single receipt.

6. ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΛΑ, Ε. Π., and Α. Δ. prepared a threatening letter that was delivered to me in November 2019. The content of that letter is a complete and blatant lie.