Financial journalist Thanasis Koukakis has asked prosecutors to reopen a high-profile wiretapping investigation, citing recent statements by Intellexa founder Tal Dilian that he says warrant a fresh examination of the case.
Through his lawyer, Koukakis on Thursday filed a request with the Supreme Court prosecutor’s office seeking to have the case removed from the archive and the investigative file reexamined.
The request follows comments by Dilian, the Israeli founder of the company behind the Predator spyware implicated in the scandal, who said in a recent television interview that the technology was supplied exclusively to governments and law enforcement agencies.
He also said Intellexa itself did not conduct surveillance and that responsibility for the lawful use of the technology rested with the authorities operating it.
Koukakis, the first known target in the spyware scandal, is also seeking the testimony of the four people convicted earlier this year in connection with the case, as well as the submission of additional documents in light of Dilian’s remarks.
