Sfakianakis: "They copied the CD on a USB to change its data"

"The CD was copied on a USB stick to lose its tracks," Cyber Crime Unit director Manolis Sfakianakis told members of the preliminary investigation committee, thus pointing the finger at Yorgos Papakonstantinou. He added that the combination of "copying and hiding of the initial material is highly suspicious."

The former minister claimed that he copied the CD on a memory stick "for security reasons." But according to Sfakianakis, the repeated copying on computers and other media occurred purely for distraction reasons.

Sfakianakis reportedly said that "the original copying of the CD on a USB and then on another USB understandably shows a will to alter its contents. It is highly suspicious when one copies a CD on a USB stick and then says he lost it while creating other USBs at the same time.»

The Electronic Crime director added that even a beginner could "change the dates on an electronic file" and that "since we do not have the original CD or the original USB, we cannot jump to conclusions." Finally, he allegedly supported that "if I had the original USB and the computers of Diotis and Papakonstantinou I would have given you results within 2 days."