Grrece probes Citibank for market talk of debt restructuring

[ASusilovic]

Greece has launched an investigation into widespread market speculation that the country could seek a debt restructuring over the coming holiday weekend.

Government and court officials in Athens said on Thursday that the prosecutor had launched an investigation prompted by an email sent by a employee of Citigroup, the US bank.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e1b8d8a2-6c28-11e0-b36e-00144feab49a.html#axzz1K7NkuQzF

 

[TGregg]

Well now. Nothing says confidence like lining the naysayers up against the wall then shooting them dead.

 

[futuresbuyer3]

This sounds like a witch hunt. What can they be looking for, the person who started the rumor? Plotting a fall-guy plan and deflecting public scrutiny by focusing on the demise of some official?