Athens to investigate former minister (for editing list of Swiss bank acct holders)

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Source: Financial Times

Greece’s governing coalition is to begin an inquiry into allegations that former finance minister George Papaconstantinou tampered with a list provided by the French government of wealthy Greeks with Swiss bank accounts.

Mr Papaconstantinou is accused of removing the names of three members of his family from a computer disk containing details of some 2,000 accounts, many of which were held by Greek businesspeople and professionals suspected of moving funds abroad to avoid paying taxes.

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