In fact, according to the newspaper Dimokratia, these debts now include the debts arising from the non-execution of fines imposed by the courts, together with the interest surcharges, as stated in a circular of the Independent Public Revenue Authority (AADE ), which clarifies the interventions in the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure.
In this way, the number of debtors with debts to the State expands. Specifically:
-For debts of more than 100,000 euros, they face prison terms of at least one year.
-For debts over 200,000 euros, the penalties may exceed three years.
The debtor avoids imprisonment and goes unpunished if he pays his debt in full until the trial of the criminal part of his case, to any degree, or if he submits his debt to a partial payment arrangement.
The prison sentences apply, in addition to debts to the Tax Office, to debts to Legal Entities under Public Law, businesses and organizations of the wider public sector, the Republic reports.
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At the same time, the new Criminal Code provides for tougher penalties for offenses related to money laundering and money laundering. The administrative fine of EUR 50,000 to EUR 10,000,000 remains unchanged, however the fines for cases where the profit of the infringement cannot be calculated are changed – they increase to EUR 4,000,000 from EUR 1,000,000.
In particular, if the criminal act of money laundering or any of the basic offenses is committed for the benefit or on behalf of a legal person or entity by a natural person acting either individually or as a member of an organ of the legal person or entity and holds a managerial position within them or has authority to represent them or authorization to make decisions on their behalf or to exercise control within them, the following sanctions shall be imposed on the legal person or entity, cumulatively or separately:
-Administrative fine from 50,000 euros to 10,000,000 euros. The exact amount of the fine is set at least at twice the amount of the profit derived from the infringement, if the profit can be determined, or, if it cannot be determined, at 4,000,000 euros.
-Final or temporary, for a period of time from one month to two years, revocation or suspension of the operating license or prohibition of the exercise of business activity or dissolution of the legal person or entity and his or her place in liquidation.
– Prohibition of certain business activitiesor establishment of branches or increase of the share capital for the same period.
-Final or temporary for the same period of time exclusion from public benefits, aids, contracts of works and services, procurement, subsidies, advertising and tenders of the public sector.
-The administrative fine is always imposed, regardless of the imposition of other sanctions. The same sanctions are imposed when the natural person who has any of the qualities mentioned in the first paragraph is a moral perpetrator or accomplice in the same acts.
If the lack of supervision or control by the natural person mentioned made it possible for a subordinate or an agent of the legal person or entity to commit the act of money laundering or the main offense for the benefit of or on behalf of the legal person or entity , an administrative fine of between 10,000 euros and 5,000,000 euros is imposed on the legal person or entity, cumulatively or separately. The exact amount of the fine is set at least at twice the amount of the profit derived from the infringement, if the profit can be determined, or, if it cannot be determined, at 2,500,000 euros.
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