Greek bank list editor Costas Vaxevanis acquitted
Found on BBC News on Thursday, 01 November 2012
Costas Vaxevanis published a list of Greeks with Swiss bank accounts, including a government minister and other prominent figures in public life.
The list of suspected evaders was reportedly leaked by an employee at the HSBC bank and passed to IMF chief Christine Lagarde when she was French finance minister in 2010.
Ms Lagarde apparently handed the list to the Greek authorities, but they took no action.
Prosecutors had accused him of publicly ridiculing people and delivering them "to a society that is thirsty for blood".
This makes you wonder how serious Greece really is when it comes to fixing their finances. Obviously it's easier to rely on payments from other countries than to take care about those who evade taxes and hide their money. When the upper class refuses to contribute their part to the society it's understandable that those who have to suffer aren't too happy about it. The evaders freely decided to betray their country; so they can face the public opinion about them too.