Dimitrios Ziamparas — Cybercrime & Sexual-Offences Lawyer

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Defending cybercrime charges — what decides the outcomeThree pillars: digital trace, procedure, timing. The path of the case: report, summons from the Cybercrime Division, investigating judge, court. Three prohibitions: do not go to the Division alone, do not delete files, do not give a statement unprepared.I SPEAK DIRECTLY — I DON’T JUDGE YOUDEFENDING CYBERCRIME CHARGESA digital trace shows a connection — not the person behind itDIGITAL TRACEThe IP shows the router —not the hand at the keyboard.Who else had access?Delete nothing.PROCEDUREA call for “clarifications”?Witness or suspect —the difference decides everything.Never go to the Division alone.TIMINGSeizure, statement,memorandum — the first moveslock the case file.Strategy from the first hour.THE PATH OF THE CASEREPORThour zeroDIVISION SUMMONSwitness or suspect? — decided hereINVESTIGATING JUDGEconditions or remandCOURTacquittal or sentenceDON’T go to the Division aloneDON’T delete filesDON’T give a statement unpreparedZIAMPARAS D. & ASSOCIATES · LAW FIRM · poiniko-cyber.gr
The three points that decide a cybercrime charge — and how the process unfolds.

Charged with a cybercrime? If the Cybercrime Division has telephoned you “for a few clarifications”, if your computer has been seized, or if a summons has landed on your doorstep, you are not looking for theory — you need a lawyer now. Here you will not read about the “lifting of communications confidentiality”; you will learn how the police trace an IP, what a summons to give an unsworn statement really means, when a house search takes place, and why your first moves lock the case file. Your first enemy is not the Division; it is panic and the hurried “explanations” given without preparation. I know exactly how the procedure works, and I do not flatter anyone with false hope.

Summary

Cybercrime ranges from online fraud and slanderous defamation to revenge porn and child pornography (Article 348Α of the Greek Criminal Code). The common thread: the case is built on digital traces — IP addresses, devices, accounts — that point to a connection, not necessarily to the person behind it. The outcome turns on who had access, on the lawfulness of the search and seizure, and on your first moves when facing the Cybercrime Division. With discretion and calm analysis, the defence does not judge; it examines.

Contents

Frequently asked questions — cybercrime

Answers that combine realism with technical know-how — no sermons, no false hope.

The Cybercrime Division called me in for “clarifications” — do I have to go?

The police often use the informal “invitation for clarifications” to draw out spontaneous admissions before the suspect has had a chance to instruct a lawyer. Never go alone. You have the right to ask for the summons in writing and to find out whether you are being examined as a witness or as a suspect (an unsworn statement) — the difference changes everything.
→ Read in detail: Slanderous Defamation

I’ve been summoned to give an unsworn statement as a suspect — can I refuse to answer?

Yes. You have the right to remain silent and the right to receive copies of the case file. Your lawyer will ask for time to study the evidence — who filed the report, which IP was logged, exactly what you are accused of — and will submit a written memorandum instead of hurried answers.
→ Read in detail: Online Fraud

Can the police come to my home and seize my computer or my phone?

Yes. In felonies (such as child pornography) or in in-the-act (flagrante delicto) offences, the Division can carry out a house search in the presence of a judicial officer and seize all the digital evidence — hard drives, the router, phones — for laboratory examination. The lawfulness of the search and the seizure is one of the first things we check.
→ Read in detail: Child Pornography

If I delete the files, the messages, or my social-media profile, will I get away with it?

No — and you will probably make your position worse: the destruction of evidence can be treated as a ground for pre-trial detention (remand). The Division has forensic tools that recover deleted files, while the messages may already have been saved as screenshots by the other side, or requested from the platforms.
→ Read in detail: Blocked Facebook/Instagram Accounts

Is an IP address enough to convict me?

The IP only shows the internet connection — the router — not the individual who pressed the button. If others in the home or the company also had access to the Wi-Fi, or if the network had been compromised, the IP on its own is not enough for a conviction — unless it is tied to other evidence: possession of the device, a confession, digital traces on the machine itself.
→ Read in detail: Online Fraud

I’m charged with revenge porn — will I go to prison?

After the recent tightening of the Greek Criminal Code, posting or sending sensitive personal material without consent is punished severely. If it was done to cause harm or for blackmail, the penalties are exceptionally heavy and the odds of actually serving time are very high — unless there is a timely, strategic legal defence.
→ Read in detail: Revenge Porn

I accidentally came across illegal child-pornography material (Art. 348Α GCC) — am I at risk?

The law punishes knowing access and possession. If the material appeared by accident — for example, through a malicious redirect or a pop-up — and there is no systematically stored material and no history of systematic searching, that is the core of the defence line for your acquittal.
→ Read in detail: Child Pornography
→ See how it was decided in practice: the acquittal by the Athens Mixed Jury Court, 383/2022

They’ve returned my laptop or phone — is it over?

Not necessarily. Before a device is returned, a full copy (an image) has usually been taken, and the analysis continues on that copy. Getting your hardware back does not mean the file is closed.
→ Read in detail: Child Pornography

I’ve been publicly “exposed” online — do I accept it or fight back?

You fight back, and quickly. Non-consensual publication of personal material and online defamation are criminal offences, and every hour counts for preserving the evidence: screenshots, addresses, timestamps. The sooner the digital trace is secured, the stronger the case.

· Slanderous Defamation
→ Read in detail: Slanderous Defamation

My account was blocked or “hacked” — do I have a case?

Often, yes. The way forward is not only the platform’s “report” button: there is a legal route for the illegal access and for recovery. Proper documentation makes the difference between “we lost it” and “we got it back”.
→ Read in detail: Blocked Facebook/Instagram Accounts

They’re asking for my device password or PIN — am I obliged to give it?

You have the right not to incriminate yourself. Whether, when, and how access is given is a legal decision, taken together with your lawyer — not on the spot, under pressure. Do not answer just “to get it over with”.
→ Read in detail: Online Fraud

A charge involving a minor and digital material — what applies?

This is one of the most serious charges in our justice system, with extremely severe consequences from the pre-trial stage onwards. There is no room here for delay or improvisation: it calls for immediate, specialist defence from the very first moment.
→ Read in detail: Child Pornography

Related cybercrime topics

Get to know the other side — the better you understand how it works, the less you fear it: Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate and Forensic Sciences Directorate.

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