For a decade the loan shark gang operated in Thessaloniki and Halkidiki, lending at high interest rates, selling protection and extortion. Among her victims was Demis Nikolaides and -indirectly- his wife, Despina Vandi.

According to an extensive report by the "Espresso" newspaper, the gang from Thessaloniki set their sights on the couple's real estate and Despina Vandi's money.. From the telephone conversations of the perpetrators recorded by the police, it turns out that it was for a "new job" that the former football player had asked to do, loan sharks wanted to include the 42-year-old singer's property in the terms of the loan.

Demis Nikolaides allegedly asked the criminal organization for a new loan,without also establishing whether the transaction finally went through. What is worth noting is that the two moneylenders with whom the ex-footballer had been forced to deal proceeded to a new conversation in which the conditions for giving him the amount: “…I mean, if he has any "clean" property, anything. To put his wife. Let him put his wife to be covered. You know how much I want him now; None 500-600 He will want thousands now... The thing is, he will ask, that's the only thing for sure, I got it…”, they mentioned in their telephone communication.