A Chios Misdemeanours Court on Thursday handed down six-month jail terms, suspended for three years, for 79 defendants found guilty of fraudulently claiming blindness in order to claim disability benefits. All 79 had applied with fake certificates of blindness issued by a specific doctor. Of the 120 originally charged, nine had passed away before they were indicted, 19 died before the case came to trial, six were acquitted of deliberate fraud and seven were acquitted due to doubts.
The hospital oculist that issued the fake certificates of blindness was sentenced to four years and six months in prison, suspended pending appeal on condition that the doctor be put on probation.
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