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Former Greek finance minister George Papaconstantinou went on trial on Wednesday charged with removing relatives from a list of Greeks allegedly holding accounts at HSBC's Swiss private bank.Mr Papaconstantinou denies that in 2010, while finance minister, he tampered with a USB memory stick containing a list of 2,000 HSBC accounts held by alleged tax evaders.
Mr Papaconstantinou denies that in 2010, while finance minister, he tampered with a USB memory stick containing a list of 2,000 HSBC accounts held by alleged tax evaders.
Mr Papantoniou, who steered Greece into the euro as finance minister was sentenced to four years in jail last November but was allowed to buy off his term for 14,500
I missed that. How much for a murder?
On the other hand... the new government might manage to raise a lot of money, if they revise the price schedule. Tax fraud : 100 years in prison, or one million euros per year... It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II
A travesty of justice, but quite lucrative.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Ecclestone#Bribery_accusation
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