EU prosecutors Thursday indicted 22 people, including four ruling party lawmakers, over a multimillion-euro European Union farm subsidy fraud scandal that has shaken the government.
The European Prosecutor's Office said the indicted defendants included "several former high-ranking public officials and political staff" involved in an alleged organized fraud scheme using agricultural funds.
Prosecutors estimated the bloc's losses from the alleged scheme at more than 19.6 million euros (about $20.9 million), while Greek authorities last year put damages at at least 23 million euros.
The scandal has led to the resignation of several Greek government ministers and other officials.
Those indicted include a former political secretary of the ruling New Democracy and several former officials of the state agency distributing the subsidies, OPEKEPE, including a former chairman.
