BANQUE D'ORIENT *ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΝΑΤΟΛΗΣ* Chapter No4 Silence is ... "gold"
Edge of silence is seen on the part of the banking world. No formal announcement, no explanation or interpretation has been filed since the zougla.gr has revealed the case with the "Bank of the East".
Only inconsistencies and general references of non-official character accompany the evolution of the revelations, despite the fact that public opinion is upset. Nikos Hatzinikolaou's morning radio program reported that "Bank of Greece" says he knows nothing about the case.
However, things, files and documents show a completely different reality. The "Bank of Greece" is aware, as at least two of its employees, of the legal department. The meeting between the beneficiary of the "Bank of the East" and the lawyers of the "Bank of Greece" was also held and the meeting took place with the knowledge of the "National Bank", which also sent its own lawyers and ... attempted to reach an agreement with the payment of an amount of € 1.5 billion to the beneficiary against 10 (ten) shares.
For the sake of truth, zougla.gr today unveils a document that was drawn up in a notary office where a particular citizen declares on oath that he was present at this meeting.
The details are as follows
The meeting was held before Easter 2010 at the law office of Mr. Karagiannopoulos - Lelouda - Foufpoulou on 5, Pindarou Street, Kolonaki. Present were the two legal advisers of "Bank of Greece". These are Sofia Tosunidou and Elias Antoniadis. At present, the beneficiary Artemis Sourras and of course the assuring, on oath, that this meeting was actually held. There were also two legal advisers of the "National Bank", who had already prepared a brochure on the representation of the beneficiary Artemis Sora. So, there was preparation and preparation for the beneficiary's representation.
The proposal submitted to the beneficiary, as noted by the Bank of Greece, was to pay an amount of 1.5 billion to Artemis Sora against ten shares of the "Bank of the East". The agreement provided that the transaction would be via a British company and the money would be paid after one day from the payment of the shares. The beneficiary refused to follow this line of reasoning.
The conclusions are as follows. For some reasons, the banking institutions concerned wished to avoid any involvement that would indicate that there was an exchange transaction with the beneficiary of these specific shares.
One could also think that the British route was proposed for a price of 1.5 billion euros, so that one could then benefit from the real value of the shares without, of course, being revealed. The third possible conclusion is the following: Some people wanted to put their hands on the stocks without paying a single drachma. Regardless of all the above, the substance is as follows: There was a meeting and discussion on the case involving representatives of the Central Bank and the National Bank. So, Mr. Provopoulos also knows the leadership of Ethniki knows.
There is, moreover, another document in the form of an out-of-court letter, which has been sent to Mr G. Papandreou, to Mr Antonis Samaras and to Mr G. Provopoulos.
So the silence that is observed is not about the ignorance of the contents of the "Bank of the East" case.
A second point that demonstrates the inexplicable silence of the officials is that the banking circles involved do not answer a crucial question. Why has the liquidation of the bank's "Bank of the East" bank merger never been completed with the National Bank in 1932? Two documents prove that the liquidation was legally started in 1932 with three liquidators, it was not completed in 1935 and in 1936 the representative of the National Bank merely "ceased" the liquidators.
So, a major question arises. If the liquidation had been completed, then what prevents the relevant bank from publishing the Official Gazette verifying its completion? The answer is clear. There is no such GOV, because the liquidation has never been completed.
Source: zougla.gr (Wednesday, 21 September 2011)