Eto'o in trouble Samuel Eto’o facing ten-and-a-half years in prison and £12million fine after accusations of tax evasion while at Barcelona

Eto'o in trouble

Samuel Eto’o facing ten-and-a-half years in prison and £12million fine after accusations of tax evasion while at Barcelona

  Reports in Spain suggest Cameroonian avoided paying around £3m in tax during three-year Nou Camp spell from 2006-2009

 Samuel Eto’o could face up to ten-and-a-half years in prison if found guilty
And El Pais report he owes almost £3million in tax from 2006 to 2009, while he was at the Nou Camp.

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As well as the long prison term, prosecutors are demanding he be fined around £12m.

 It was while at Barcelona that Samuel Eto’o is accused of avoiding tax
Eto’o is accused of getting around tax through a complicated and illegal image rights structure.
He ran two companies — Bulte 2002 in Spain and Tradesport in Hungary — and this allowed him to transfer his image rights between the two and avoid having to pay tax.Samuel Eto’o is accused of owing around £3million in tax from 2006 to 2009

 

 Samuel Eto’o with the Champions League trophy he won with Barcelona in 2009 

 Neymar outside court as the battle with DIS over move to Barcelona intensifies

While he also received  around £2m-a-year from Puma.
Meanwhile, Spanish prosecutors are demanding current Barcelona attacker, Neymar, go to prison for five years.
The 24-year-old is accused of fraud of the structure of his transfer from Santos to the Nou Camp in 2013.
DIS — a strategic partner of the Brazilian club — believe they are owed more money as statements show the majority of the transfer fee was given to Neymar’s parents.
And Lionel Messi‘s ongoing court cases have put his Barcelona future in doubt, while Javier Mascherano was also in the dock following accusations of tax avoidance.

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source:https://www.thesun.co.uk