Is it a scandal? My view is that it is, for at least three reasons, without going into the nitty-gritty details of the matter. First, because actions taken by the minister of finance were illegal and were noted by the heads of the Treasury, which were dismissed with demeaning comments by the minister of finance(!), second, because of the actions taken by the Greek anti-laundering authorities, and third, and perhaps more important, because the media in Greece did not play it at all(!), except the newspaper ``Eleutherotypia”, who is the one that made it public (some blogs and some other newspapers did include some comments on the matter but mainly the whole story has passed unnoticed). It is extremely suspicious that none of the main TV channels and major newspapers did find it worth mentioning that 1) the Bank of Greece and the minister of finance urgently decided to subsidize Proton Bank, after/and that 2) the authorities in Greece for laundering money freezed the private properties and accounts of all the chief executives of the Proton Bank, including the owner and well known business person of the bank, on suspicious transfers of money (laundering, expropriation). I believe that both events are headlines’ events. You do not get every day private properties and accounts of so powerful people to be freezed!
For those who did not read about it and in order to make up your own conclusions, I compile a list of articles that explain the actions of the anti-laundering authorities, the actions by the minister of finance and the surprise of the IMF and the European leaders about the developments on this problem. (All the articles are in Greek)
9. Article 9 10. Article 10
11. Article 11 12. Article 12
13. Article 13 14. Article 14
