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Predator Case: Verdict Expected Today for the Four Accused

Published February 26, 2026, 09:12
Predator Case: Verdict Expected Today for the Four Accused

The Greek justice system is expected to issue its verdict today in the Predator surveillance case, with four representatives of companies involved in the scandal as defendants. The five-month trial has come to an end, with the president of the Single-Member Criminal Court announcing his decision after reviewing the case file and witness testimonies. The defendants, Yiannis Lavranos, Felix Bitsios, and the couple Jonathan Dillian and Sarah Hamou, face charges of violating personal data, breaching the confidentiality of telephone communications, and illegally accessing information systems. The more lenient law (4619/2019) is applied retroactively, downgrading the offense of breaching the confidentiality of communications from a felony to a misdemeanor. According to the charges, the defendants, from July 2020 to the end of 2021, engaged in actions such as installing the software on phone numbers (Artemis Siford and Athanasios Koukakis) and attempting to install it on 114 others, including Nikolaos Androulakis and Christos Spirtzis. The goal was to collect information and personal data from their mobile phones. However, for the 114 targets, the crime was not completed as the recipients did not open the bait messages sent. The defendants did not attend the trial and refused to testify, being represented by their lawyers. The prosecutor's recommendation requested the conviction of all, with a proposal to upgrade the charge from "continuous" to "serial," which could lead to increased penalties. The prosecutor, Dimitris Pavlidis, stressed that "it is undisputed that Predator operated within the territory of Greece." The court's decision is expected to provide a criminal response to a case that has caused significant political controversy and public unrest.