Brussels rejects Yanis Varoufakis' claims that troika controlled Greek tax system

Allegations of covert scheme described as 'simply not true' by European commission as Alexis Tsipras looks to conclude third bailout deal with creditors

The European commission has denounced as "false and unfounded" claims by Greece's former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis that international creditors had exclusive control over the country's tax system.

Brussels slammed the suggestion that external supervision of the Greek tax revenue agency forced Varoufakis to consider hacking the ministry's computers as part of a secret plan to devise a parallel payment system for the nation.

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