Ex-F1 boss Ecclestone admits fraud after failing to declare £400m

Ex-F1 boss Ecclestone admits fraud after failing to declare £400m

Published October 12,2023


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Ex-Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has admitted fraud after failing to declare greater than £400 million ($492 million) held in a belief in Singapore to the British authorities.

The 92-year-old stated “I plead guilty” at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday whereas standing within the effectively of the courtroom carrying a darkish swimsuit and gray tie.

On July 7, 2015, the billionaire didn’t declare a belief in Singapore with a checking account containing round $650 million.

The cost acknowledged Ecclestone, who has three grown-up daughters, Deborah, Tamara and Petra, and a younger son, Ace, had “established only a single trust, that being one in favour of your daughters and other than the trust established for your daughters you were not the settlor nor beneficiary of any trust in or outside the UK”.

Before his responsible plea, he had been as a result of face trial in November on the only fraud cost.

Source: www.anews.com.tr