Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 13-01-24
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[01] Former minister Papantoniou to face justice on false income statement
[01] Former minister Papantoniou to face justice on false income statement
AMNA--Former PASOK party minister Giannos Papantoniou would have to
appear before ordinary courts, indicted by deputies of the Parliamentary
Committee on Party and MPs Finances, for untruthful statement of assets.
Papantoniou is being probed on concealing - in his "origin of income"
statement - his wife Stavroula Kourakou's Swiss deposits of 1.3 million
euros, shown in the so-called ‘Lagarde list" containing details of
just over 2,000 HSBC Swiss bank accounts held by Greek citizens. amna
The committee was not convinced by the former minister's explanations that
he was not informed about his wife's move. In addition, a finance public
prosecutor has ordered that all of his bank accounts be investigated. amna
The committee says it also scrutinized New Democracy former minister
Petros Dukas' ‘origin of income' statement, as his 2010 bank deposits
appear to have shrunk by one million euros without adequate clarification.
Dukas insists that the amount has been re-deposited into an investment
account, declared in his income statement.
Although the committee appears to have been convinced by his explanation,
his file will be sent to a public prosecutor for final judgment.
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