A resident of Iraklio on Crete, accused of filing false subsidy claims for vast tracts of land, will face trial on Monday, alongside 104 others in what authorities say is the largest case of subsidy fraud in Greece.

In the summer of 2021, the woman applied for European Union agricultural aid through a consulting firm, listing leased pastures and olive groves. Among them was a plot of 21,500 acres in Argos, supposedly rented for just 2 euros a month. Prosecutors say both the contracts and the supposed landowners were fictitious.

The indictment states she “knowingly submitted inaccurate declarations” to collect subsidies. Her tax number was frozen, and she is charged with attempted fraud. Other defendants allegedly succeeded, securing payments as high as 60,000 euros.

The false claims, filed between 2019 and 2021, were uncovered through complaints and internal audits. Some cases have already been tried in Larissa and remain pending in Hania.