The Financial Times, a London-based newspaper, in which Mr. Geithner describes a meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) in February 2010, republished the leaked documents. According to the documents, finance ministers from European countries entered the meeting and planned to punish Greece for overspending before the financial crisis of 2008. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); European finance ministers conspired to “crush” the Greek economy and punish Greece for overspending, according to leaked documents from former U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner. European finance ministers conspired to “crush” the Greek economy and punish Greece for overspending, according to leaked documents from former U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner. read more