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Tax Evasion Trial - Uli Hoeness' fall from grace

March 13, 2014

Uli Hoeness is currently in court, charged with tax evasion amounting to several million euros. The former footballer and current Bayern Munich president faces a potential jail sentence. Hoeness tried avoid trial with by submitting a voluntary disclosure of tax evasion, but the authorities were not impressed.

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That method of obtaining amnesty from prosecution in tax cases is legal but very controversial in Germany.