Diotis released uncoditionally

Diotis is accused of failing to investigate whether the 2,062 Greeks with deposit accounts at a Geneva branch of HSBC were guilty of tax evasion.

He has been charged with breach of trust and removing an official document.

On Tuesday, former head of Greece’s Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE)Yannis Kapeleris was released unconditionally, after facing prosecutors Christos Papakostas and Dimitris Kavalaris, over charges of breach of trust in connection with the “Lagarde list“.

Kapeleris, who headed SDOE when Giorgos Papakonstantinou was Minister of Finance, denies ever receiving the list containing the names of 2,062 Greeks with deposit accounts at a Geneva branch of HSBC.

According to reports, Kapeleris told the prosecutors that he was never ordered by Papakonstantinou to investigate the people on the list, but was ordered to probe the tax details of a group of 10 people.

Giorgos Papakostantinou who was Finance Minister between October 2009 and June 2011, is due to face a special court in connection to his handling of the Lagarde list. He faces charges of breach of trust, doctoring an official document and dereliction of duty.