His father, Byron Anastasiadis, was a board member of the oil multinational Royal Dutch Shell, and the family was often forced to move to various cities in Greece and abroad.
At the age of 16, in the then fifth grade of the Gymnasium (today B 'Lyceum), he consciously pioneered, organized underground, and methodically initiated the group protest of his classmates for the rejection of the Greek military junta of the Polytechnic uprising in 1973.
His numerous scandals and political power required him to be accompanied by bodyguards and bulletproof cars daily in order to ensure his safety in Athens.
[9] Finally, in April 2013, the three-member Court of Appeal unanimously acquitted Anastasiadis and the others involved for breach of personal data, judging that the DVD was never processed and classified by him.
[10] On December 4, 2012, criminal prosecution was brought against him for tax evasion and money laundering in the amount of 5.5 million euros.
[11] The case started in 2007 when Themos Anastasiadis walked into a bank in Zurich with tens of millions of euros stuffed in garbage bags accompanied by bodyguards.
[12] He was initially acquitted, but in 2017 his personal belongings were seized and he was fined, paying approximately €15 million in public debt for laundering money derived from criminal activities in 2007.