Bank of Greece Probes Loan Given SYRIZA Minister Polakis, He Leaks Phone Call
(WorldNews Greece)

ATHENS – Bank of Greece Gov. Yannis Stournaras brought top officials of Attica Bank in to explain why a 100,000 euro ($112,987) loan was given provocative Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis, who responded by calling him and recording and leaking the conversation, tearing into bank chief. Polakis, who has been a kind of attack dog for the ruling Radical Left SYRIZA and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, assailing rival politicians and party enemies, got a fast-track loan secured as a second mortgage on a home on Crete which already had a 300,000 euro mortgage ($338,960) that hasn´t been paid off. The dubious circumstances were being probed to see if there was any favoritism given at a...