Former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis supposedly owes Korean adviser, Glenn Kim, 350,000 euros for his consulting work on Greece. Sunday’s newspaper To Vima stated that the Korean economist who cast himself as an associate of the German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble claimed to have created the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) and the European Stability Mechinism (ESM) while also working towards arranging the Icelandic bank debt.

To Vima states that the Korean was just an ordinary consultant for a Frankfurt-based office, he did not create the EFSF but worked for it five months after it was launched and there was no connection between Kim and the ESM. He did function as a consultant for Iceland but only as far as the removal of capital controls were concerned rather than bank debt. When Varoufakis was removed from the negotiation team, Kim stated that he had been verbally promised 125,000 euros per month but had received nothing apart from per diems, travel and accommodation expenses on visits to various capitals.

Not true to form, Varoufakis has yet to officially respond on the matter. Twitter is abuzz with the hashtag #symvoulos_varoufaki

Elder Dimitrios: Yanis offered the Korean 125,000 euros per month. And the Korean believed him.

Global Analyst: Varoufakis, I’m waiting for you to cover the scandal of the Korean by saying he gave you Tae Kwon Do lessons.

Dexter: Why should Varoufakis have a Korean when I don’t? Why such segregation, eh? 

Anemos: Tell the Korean not to be stressed out, I’m preparing a big scrap for August 15!!

Protagon featured the receipt

Gravatomenos Gatos (Cat with Tie): You hired the wrong Korean, Alexis! If you had hired this one, the markets would be dancing to his beat!!

Ikaros: Varoufakis hired the wrong Korean.

Horis Statheres: Some people were more concerned with the sushi that (Bank of Greece Governor Yiannis) Stournaras ate than the Korean consultant that we pay 4,000 euros a day to.

Max: Best job in the world #simvoulos_varoufaki for 125,000 euros per month in a bankrupt country.

peristeraRA: @yanisvaroufakis Hire me as a consultant with 100,000 euros per month. I’ve played monopoly for years.