Lagarde list

Greek Parliament was expected to re-examine the cases of the Siemens bribe scandal and the Lagarde list, following an order issued by House Speaker Zoe Constantopoulou on Thursday in her capacity as head of the House's Special Permanent Committee on Institutions and Transparency.

Leonidas Bobolas, CEO of construction firm Ellaktor, said on Wednesday that he contacted authorities to settle a tax issue of his own accord and was not arrested as reports suggested.

Leonidas Bobolas, CEO and Managing Director of ELLAKTOR S.A., is facing the prosecutor for tax evasion. His name appeared on the Lagarde list and he is being questioned for 2 mln euros worth of tax evasion.

No "Lagarde List" idleness on the part of French prosecutors this week, as the heir to the Nina Ricci perfume and fashion fortune was convicted of tax fraud in a Paris court after stashing millions of untaxed euros in a HSBC bank account.

"Our treasure proves to be but ashes" summed up the essence of statements on Friday by the relevant Greek minister in charge of fighting corruption, who plainly said it was "extremely difficult" to investigate various "lists" of alleged tax-evaders and off-shore companies.

The Minister of State for Combating Corruption Panayiotis Nikoloudis told Parliament on Friday that the so-called Lagarde List of Greek depositers with Swiss bank accounts, and a series of similar lists, were inadequate without further data if reliable insights into suspected tax evasion are to be gained.

Former Greek Finance Minister Giorgos Papakonstantinou has been handed a one-year suspended sentence after a court found him guilty of helping three people dodge millions in tax.

One of Greece's previous legislatures was offered by IMF head Christine Lagarde a list of Greek citizens holding offshore accounts, in a move to fight tax evasion - the so-called "Lagarde list".

Former FinMin George Papaconstantinou has been found guilty of a misdemeanor charge of altering a public document - rather than the original felony county - in a high-profile case linked with the so-called "Lagarde List" of Greek depositors in a Swiss bank branch.

The special court trying former Finance Minister Giorgos Papaconstantinou, charged with criminal counts of doctoring a document and of attempted breach of faith, is expected to deliver its verdict on Tuesday afternoon, the state-run Athens Macedonian News Agency has reported.

If found guilty, Papaconstantinou could face a life sentence without extenuating circumstances.

An Athens special court prosecutor on Wednesday recommended a guilty verdict for former PASOK FinMin Giorgos Papakonstantinou on two felony counts related to his handling of the so-called “Lagarde list”.

The two felony charges are falsification of a public document and breach of faith.