Yep - this name jumped out at me because I heard it on the radio this morning (synchronicity!). He is now the Finance Minister of Greece, so he's got some bigger fish to fry than how much that virtual hat should cost.
Holy cows, I got a very strong sense of Deja Vu, just after reading the first few paragraphs. I immediately jumped to the "posted" field and realized that I had already read it earlier, most likely through the same link that you have posted.