Uli Hoeness goes to jail

[Tosiek]

Uli Hoeness sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail for tax evasion

• Bayern Munich and Germany legend evaded €27.2m in tax
• 62-year-old won World Cup in 1974

Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail following his trial for tax evasion.

Hoeness, who turned Bayern Munich into one of the world's most successful clubs and won the World Cup with Germany in 1974, admitted he evaded €27.2m (£22.7m) in taxes and prosecutors were pushing for a five-year sentence. The 62-year-old asked for leniency having voluntarily disclosed his actions to authorities.

The Hoeness case has shocked the nation and prompted thousands of German tax dodgers to turn themselves in.

Tax evasion is a serious crime in Germany. Peter Graf, the late father of tennis champion Steffi Graf, was sentenced in 1997 to three years and nine months in jail for evading 12.3 million marks (€6.3m). He was released after 25 months.

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[yoyo913]

Messi beware 2054.

 

[Filipower]

Apparently the secret to having a Guardiola team be successful is evading the IRS.

 

[Mus]

What are the odds of Van Buyten getting cancer?

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Apparently the secret to having a Guardiola team be successful is evading the IRS.

Luckily it's not a club issue, this is his own personal finances.

 

[Sir Didier Drogba]

Probably wouldnt have got to his position without the money he stole, and would not have been able to lead the club to glory, and therefore all titles and trophies won under his presidency should be stripped immediately.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Probably wouldnt have got to his position without the money he stole

Uli Hoeness has been commercial/general manager of the club since 1979 or 1980.

 

[Filipower]

Current Adidas CEO Herbert Heiner will accumulate those functions with being the new Bayern president. Fucking mafia

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Messi

Hoeness dropped his appeal. He resigned and is going to serve the full prison term. Wow.

 

[Back Door Skip]

On the plus side I bet his jail cell will be more cozy than my room.

 

[Juventino]

I watched some German websites and tv stations and some hyenas speculate Bayern and Adidas could be involved in Hoeness' transactions, possibly some sponsorship incentives etc. According to them that is one of the reasons why Hoeness dropped his appeal as he would be afraid that even further investigation could bring this above water. Take it with a large amount of salt. I watched my own club take a massive PR beating, people love this sh*t.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Hopefully not, although it does seem strange that he's dropping his appeal.

 

[Ylem]

I watched some German websites and tv stations and some hyenas speculate Bayern and Adidas could be involved in Hoeness' transactions, possibly some sponsorship incentives etc. According to them that is one of the reasons why Hoeness dropped his appeal as he would be afraid that even further investigation could bring this above water. Take it with a large amount of salt. I watched my own club take a massive PR beating, people love this sh*t.

Honess got a startup from Dreyfus, former CEO of adidas to play with it (fact) and shortly after it adidas became sponsor and partner of Bayern Munich (fact). There are some rumours, that it was a decision FOR Bayern to accept jail. So although this might never be proven, I think if one would dig deep and deeper he would come up with something nobody ever imagined. Maybe there is nothing, but it is likely that there is a lot more in the dark.
And in court it was said, that millions are missing where (currently) nobody knows where they have gone.

 

[Filipower]

Those millions have probably gone to help pay Messi's IRS shananigans.