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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Greek politician in Swiss bank account scandal

The Greek socialist party has kicked out former finance minister George Papaconstantinou. He is under suspicion of removing family names from an official list of tax evaders' with links to Swiss bank accounts.

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Greek tax scandal deepens


Aljazeera.com

Greek tax scandal deepens
Financial Times
By Kerin Hope. A former Greek finance minister faces accusations of tampering with a computer disk listing the names of 2,000 Greeks with Swiss bank accounts, as a fresh investigation by the country's financial police of possible tax evasion gets under ...
Greek official caught in financial scandalAljazeera.com
€12mn goes astray in Greek tourism scamRT
Greek tax cheats list altered to hide names -court sourcesReuters
Washington Times -New York Times -FRANCE 24
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€12mn goes astray in Greek tourism scam


RT

€12mn goes astray in Greek tourism scam
RT
Greece has launched a probe into the national tourist organization to account for 12 million euro lost due to “irregularities.” It is the latest in a series of corruption scandals to hit debt-stricken Greece during the financial downturn. The probe ...


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CPB confirms press reports on voluntary resignation scheme for employees in ...


Famagusta Gazette

CPB confirms press reports on voluntary resignation scheme for employees in ...
Famagusta Gazette
Nationalised Cyprus Popular Bank confirmed on Friday press reports that it drafted a voluntary resignation plan for its employees in Greece, in the context of the actions necessary under the Restructuring Plan and reorganization of its operations ...


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Greece uncovers tourism scam, looks for unaccounted millions


Greece uncovers tourism scam, looks for unaccounted millions
Reuters Canada
ATHENS (Reuters) - Three Greeks were arrested on suspicion of trying to defraud the national tourism board, police said on Saturday, and the finance ministry is investigating a suspected 12-million-euro hole in the state agency's books. Tourism is one ...


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Greek official caught in financial scandal


Aljazeera.com

Greek official caught in financial scandal
Aljazeera.com
Greek prosecutors provoked an outcry by pursuing a journalist who had printed names supposedly on the list, which was originally leaked by an employee of HSBC before being passed to Greece by Lagarde. Authorities have claimed the list was illegally ...
Greek tax cheats list altered to hide names -court sourcesReuters
Greek ex-finance minister caught up in scandalMiamiHerald.com (registration)
Greek former finance minister ejected in tax scandalFRANCE 24
Bloomberg -New York Times -The Voice of Russia
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George Papaconstantinou Said to Have Obstructed Tax Inquiry

George Papaconstantinou, the former finance minister, appeared to be implicated Friday in the tampering of the so-called Lagarde list of Greeks with Swiss bank accounts.

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Scandal Deepens Over Greece's 'Lagarde List'

A corruption scandal involving a list of thousands of Greeks with Swiss bank accounts took a new turn Friday, focusing on the former finance minister George Papaconstantinou, who received the list on Greece's behalf.

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Greece needs 27.5 billion euros


Press TV

Greece needs 27.5 billion euros
The Star Online
ATHENS: Greece's four biggest banks need 27.5 billion euros (US$36.4bil) in recapitalisation funds by the end of April, the national central bank said in a report. “Capital needs for all Greek commercial banks were estimated in May 2012 at 40.5 billion ...
GREECE: Top 4 banks will need 27.5 bln in recap fundsFinancial Mirror
Major Greek banks ask for 27.4 billion euroRT
Greece's four biggest banks to receive 27.5bn eurosPress TV
MENAFN.COM -Bloomberg -The Voice of Russia
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Woman charged with buying guns used in NY slayings


CBS News

Woman charged with buying guns used in NY slayings
USA TODAY
Bennett J. Loudon, David Andreatta and Victoria E. Freile, Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle 6:06p.m. EST December 28, 2012. CommentsShare. Dawn Nguyen, of Greece, N.Y. is walking to a federal building in Rochester, N.Y. on Friday. (Photo: ...
Woman charged in connection with fatal New York firefighter shootingsNBCNews.com (blog)
NY Woman Charged in Connection With Slaying of 2ABC News
Webster Gunman William Spengler Terrible at Repaying FavorsNew York Magazine
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Greek party expels ex-minister

Greece's socialist party expels ex-Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou over allegations he tried to shield relatives from a tax probe.

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