Greek MP Sent One Million Euro Abroad

Posted by keeptalkinggreece

A Member of the Greek parliament sent abroad one million euro. To a foreign bank. To deposit it abroad and save it in case of a Greek bankruptcy. The male/female MP sent this money abroad in the dramatic month of May 2011, when the country was struggling against a bankruptcy.
This revealation was made by Panagiotis Nikoloudis, President of the Authority Against Money Laundering. However Nikoloudis did not revealed the MP’s name or the party or the ideological sphere, where he/she belongs.

Speaking to the Transparency Committee of the Parliament, Nikoloudis said that people from several social classes withdrew their money from the banks and sent them abroad. “As forthe political world, I noticed one , she or he, who sent 1,000,000 euro abroad. In proportion to the 300 MPs, this is 1:300. It’s not a sin to send money abroad, it’s not illegal in the formal sense of the law.” (Proto Thema & All Greek media)
Of course, it is not. Maybe FinMin Venizelos had this specific MP in mind when he urged Greeks this morning to bring their money back in order to boost Greek economy.