Greek lawyer calls Bill Papas ruling a ‘vindication’ for unpaid Xanthi FC employees

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Greek lawyer calls Bill Papas ruling a ‘vindication’ for unpaid Xanthi FC employees

By Panagiotis Dalatariof Former Xanthi FC owner, Bill Papas (Vasilis Papadimitriou), has been sentenced to seven years in prison without parole by the Single-Member Misdemeanour Court of Xanthi. The ruling, issued on Friday, 31 January, was based on charges that, as the club’s owner, he failed to pay employees of the professional football team their wages and legally mandated bonuses, including Christmas and Easter gifts and holiday allowances. …