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Ex-Greek minister on trial over HSBC accounts - FT.com
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

by eurogreen on Wed Feb 25th, 2015 at 12:31:58 PM EST
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"On 14 January 2014, a court in Munich ruled that Ecclestone would indeed be tried on bribery charges in Germany,[54] and on 5 August 2014, the same court ruled that Ecclestone can pay a £60m settlement, without admitting guilt, to end the trial"

A travesty of justice, but quite lucrative.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Ecclestone#Bribery_accusation

by IM on Wed Feb 25th, 2015 at 12:53:36 PM EST
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