Greece Seizes 500,000 Bank Accounts worth Euro 1.6 Bln, Escape With Bitcoin

Tax authorities in Greece have seized half a million bank accounts, containing 1.6 billion Euros, in the first half of 2016.
In the first four months of the year alone, authorities seized 428,465 accounts, and the numbers included in May push that figure well over the half-million mark. This contrasts with last year, where 333,776 accounts were seized all year.
Seizures of Greek accounts by tax authorities continue to rise by leaps and bounds year after year. In 2014, seizures averaged about 7,000 per month, while in 2016 they currently average over 100,000, more than a tenfold total increase.
European economy in rough shape as EU cracks down on anonymous Bitcoin
The astronomical rise of bank seizures in Greece may be indicative of greater financial issues permeating throughout the European Union. The long-term economic impacts of the UK’s departure from the EU may negatively affect the union as a whole, as the German vice-chancellor predicts Brexit will end up sending the EU ‘down the drain.’ These economic problems may end up being global, as the world’s major central banks are asking government for help, admitting that they alone cannot help the economy.

This post was published at Coin Telegraph on 2016-10-02.