Thursday, March 13, 2014

Craque Uli Hoeness Preso por Evasão de Divisas

O craque alemão, campeão da copa de 1974, presidente do melhor time do mundo, o Bayern de Munique, acabou de ser condenado a mais de 3 anos de prisão por evasão de divisas. Hoeness é um herói por tentar escapar da inesgotável sede fiscal do governo alemão, ainda prisioneiro de suas raízes socialistas. O mais curioso de todo o imbroglio é a impaciência e dureza da justiça alemã com quem não paga impostos, justiça de porta de cadeia notória por tratar assassinos nazistas com a maior boa vontade do universo sideral...A German court has sentenced Uli Hoeness, president of European football champions Bayern Munich, to three years and six months in jail for tax evasion. He admitted defrauding German tax authorities of millions of euros. The former World Cup-winning Germany striker, 62, had kept the funds in a secret Swiss bank account. His lawyer had argued he should escape punishment because he gave himself up. But judges ruled his confession fell short of full disclosure. Hoeness was initially charged with evading 3.5m euros (£2.9m; $4.9m) in taxes but he then admitted to dodging another 15m euros. It finally emerged in court that he owed a total of 27.2m euros.

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