Nikos Chatzinikolaou (Greek: Νίκος Χατζηνικολάου) also spelled as Hatzinikolaou, Hatzinicolaou,Chatzinikolaou or Hadjinikolaouis a Greek journalist, publisher and TV presenter born on October 9, 1962.
In the FBI report on the Novartis Bribery Scheme to Greek Government Officials, dated January 2018 that was sent to the Chief of Public Prosecutions, Eleni Touloupakis – Hellenic Corruption Unit, Ministry of Justice. report the American FBI agents identified and report that Nikos Hatzinikolaou had “access” to the Ministry of National Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Development and arranged the contacts and meetings of the CEO of Novartis Greece Konstantinos Frouzis konstantinos.frouzis@novartis.com
He received exorbitant amounts of advertising from Novartis for his services. The services of the journalist Nikos Hatzinikolaou were overcharged by his company of interests REAL MEDIA.
According to the FBI, the scheme to bribe Greek government officials by Novartis also included laundering with the help of Greek advertising companies, such as the case of REAL MEDIA, the company of interests of the Greek journalist Nikos Hatzinikolaou.
This case was never investigated and it remained in a file at the Corruption Prosecutor’s Office to be eaten by time as usual. As is well known, the corruption in the Corps of Prosecutors and Judges in Greece is unprecedented by European standards, standards that exceed those of African countries that have improved.
