The amateurism of the former Attorney General Costas Clerides may have led to the acquittal of all those involved in the Focus case, but in Greece they managed not only to convict the owner of Focus Michalis Zolotas, but also to send him to prison. The shipowner was arrested the day before yesterday outside his house in Kifissia as four convictions of Greek courts were pending against him. Some in Cyprus tried to link his arrest with the Focus case in Cyprus and in fact EDEK and the Citizens' Alliance fell into the trap and rushed to issue announcements. Sources of the Legal Service told “P” that M. Zolotas and Focus have been acquitted and acquitted by the Cypriot courts and have absolutely nothing to do with the Cypriot justice.
Behind the irons
Michalis Zolotas, 47, was transferred to Kos prison yesterday to serve a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence for four convictions involving “commonly dangerous damage” and “contributions”. There is another conviction against him for a debt of 96 million euros to Piraeus Bank. The amount concerns a loan granted by Marfin Egnatia (during the Vgenopoulos period) to the ship-owning company Grand Anemi, interests of M. Zolotas, who did not even appear in court. It was one of the sea loans that Vgenopoulos had given to Zolotas, who in turn through Focus provided services to Andreas Vgenopoulos, as in the case of Focus.
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