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Former Olympiacos Piraeus physiotherapist in the 1990s, Dionysios Triantaphyllos is being prosecuted for multiple criminal offenses, including fraud, money laundering, attempted manslaughter, and grievous bodily harm. He offered stem cell treatments and various other substances to cure serious illnesses.

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A criminal case nicknamed 'the fake doctor case' is making rounds in Greece where a former Olympiacos Piraeus employee is being prosecuted for attempted manslaughter, fraud, money laundering, and various other criminal offenses.

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Together with his 72-year-old accomplice in Germany, 66-year-old Dionysios Triantaphyllos has been deceiving his patients since at least 2009, the Greek police reports. The sum collected throughout the years exceeds €120,000. 5 patients later died after receiving his treatment.

Triantaphyllos used to work as a physiotherapist for the Olympiacos Piraeus basketball club in the 1990s. He was part of the German VfB Stuttgart football team staff as well.

In one case where a woman passed away, the 'fake doctor', who received €42,000 for the procedures, told her family that it should have been done earlier and didn't take any blame. In another case, a man suffering from multiple sclerosis passed away several years after following Triantaphyllos and his accomplice's treatments when the man's condition was declared irreversible.

When one of the patients wanted to receive his money back after seeing that the treatment was ineffective, Triantaphyllos told him "Do whatever you want, take me wherever you want". The man ultimately passed away.

Triantaphyllos offered stem cell treatments in order to cure serious illnesses. In one case, he offered "Russian preparation in the form of a yellow powder" to a 55-year-old patient who suffered from myopathy, charging €100 for each vial.

Both Triantaphyllos nor his accomplice haven't been arrested yet. The 66-year-old is expected to be defended by well-known criminologist Alexis Kougias.

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