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Plans for transfer of tax official photographed solving crossword put on hold

Plans for transfer of tax official photographed solving crossword put on hold

The director of the general secretariat for public revenues, Giorgos Pitsilis, has ordered a freeze on any plans to transfer a tax authority official who was photographed working on a crossword puzzle during his shift, it emerged on Tuesday.

Pitsilis asked that any plans to move the official to a different post be suspended until an investigation is completed into whether the photograph is genuine and whether reports about his alleged shirking of his duties are true.

According to reports, a line of 20 people had been waiting to be served while he was working on the crossword puzzle.

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