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  "title": "Greece today: cardholders bore 62% of card-fraud losses, a planned 90% telework hiring subsidy, ΟΠΕΚΑ expected to pay on 30 October, and ΑΑΔΕ moves origin rulings online",
  "dek": "Cardholders bore 62% of the €9.6m lost to card fraud in Greece in the first half of 2026, the Bank of Greece says, although fraudulent transactions fell 23% in number. The labour ministry plans a 12-month, 90% wage subsidy for remote hires in mountain areas, but there is nothing to apply for yet.",
  "description": "Cardholders bore 62% of Greece's €9.6m card-fraud losses in H1 2026; Greece plans a 90% telework hiring subsidy; ΟΠΕΚΑ is expected to pay on 30 October.",
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      "date": "2026-11-07",
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    "Fraudulent card transactions in Greece fell 23% in number in the first half of 2026, and fraud losses fell 16% to €9.6m, but cardholders bore 62% of those losses, the Bank of Greece says.[S1:number][S1][S1:losses]",
    "The labour ministry plans a scheme that pays 90% of wages and social-security contributions for 12 months for remote jobs; by our checks, no call, ministerial decision or Government Gazette text has been published.[S15][S20]",
    "ΟΠΕΚΑ, the welfare benefits agency, is expected to pay October 2026 benefits on Friday 30 October 2026, Greek outlets report; ΟΠΕΚΑ has not yet confirmed the date.[S8][S9][S10]"
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    {
      "verdict": "corrected",
      "claim": "Insider.gr writes the number of card transactions in Greece in the first half of 2026 as «1,4 δισ.ευρώ» (1.4 billion euros).[S5]",
      "finding": "That figure is a count of transactions, not a sum of money. Table VI.1 of the Bank of Greece review gives 1,438,297,328 card transactions in the first half of 2026; their value, in Table VI.2, was €60,014,496,656.[S1]"
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    {
      "verdict": "confirmed",
      "claim": "Naftemporiki's headline on 25 October 2026 reads «Μείωση 23% στις απάτες» (fraud down 23%).[S4]",
      "finding": "True of the number of fraudulent transactions only. The value of card fraud fell by 14%, to €10.6m, and the losses from it by 16%, to €9.6m.[S1:number][S1]"
    },
    {
      "verdict": "confirmed",
      "claim": "Fortune Greece reports that cardholders pay 62% of the losses from card fraud, about €6m.[S2]",
      "finding": "The 62% is a share of the €9.6m in losses, not of the €10.6m value of fraud. By our calculation, 62% of €9.6m is about €5.95m.[S1:losses]"
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  "unknowns": [
    "How the Bank of Greece decides who was at fault for each card-fraud loss, and how much of the cardholders' 62% arose from negligence; the review's passage does not say.",
    "When the telework scheme's public call opens and on which platform, its legal basis, the exact monthly cap on the subsidy (the minister has said only 'up to a limit'), and which 38 mountain municipalities qualify in the first phase.",
    "Whether the telework scheme covers any island areas: the ministry's headline mentions them, but every detail of the first phase concerns mountain or remote municipalities.",
    "Whether ΟΠΕΚΑ's official announcement will confirm Friday 30 October 2026, which benefits are paid, and how much.",
    "The Government Gazette (ΦΕΚ) number and start date of ΑΑΔΕ decision Α.1219/2026, and how many days the new time limits allow."
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      "publisher": "Fortune Greece",
      "title": "Κάρτες: Συναλλαγές 60 δισ. ευρώ σε έξι μήνες – Οι απάτες μειώνονται, αλλά οι πολίτες πληρώνουν το 62% της ζημιάς",
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    {
      "id": "number",
      "source": "S1",
      "where": "Financial Stability Review, October 2026, chapter VI, p. 93",
      "greek": "καταγράφηκε μείωση του αριθμού συναλλαγών απάτης κατά 23% σε σχέση με το πρώτο εξάμηνο του 2025",
      "translation": "a 23% fall in the number of fraudulent transactions was recorded compared with the first half of 2025"
    },
    {
      "id": "losses",
      "source": "S1",
      "where": "Financial Stability Review, October 2026, chapter VI, p. 94",
      "greek": "Σε ό,τι αφορά τον επιμερισμό των ζημιών μεταξύ των συμβαλλόμενων μερών της συναλλαγής ανάλογα με την υπαιτιότητά τους, επιβαρύνθηκαν κατά 62% οι κάτοχοι-χρήστες καρτών και κατά 30% οι πάροχοι υπηρεσιών πληρωμών που αποδέχονται συναλλαγές καρτών. Τέλος, οι πάροχοι-εκδότες καρτών πληρωμών επιβαρύνθηκαν σε ποσοστό 8%",
      "translation": "As regards the allocation of the losses between the parties to the transaction according to their fault, cardholder-users bore 62% and the payment service providers that accept card transactions 30%. Finally, the providers that issue payment cards bore a share of 8%"
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