Ex-Siemens executive seeks to avoid extradition to Greece: report

Siemens' former Greek country director, arrested in Germany for alleged corruption in Greece, has begun making a "confession" in order to avoid extradition to Athens, reports said Saturday. According to weekly news magazine Der Spiegel and the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Michael Christophorakos was questioned this week and had started to make statements that would result in a conviction. "His lawyers want to have him sentenced to a suspended sentence and a fine of around one million euros (1.4 million US dollars) as soon as possible (in Germany)," Der Spiegel said. Christophorakos was arrested last month in a house south of Munich... [read full story]                    

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