Ex-F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone pleads guilty to tax fraud charge
Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London, where he is charged with fraud by false representation over an alleged failure to declare £400 million of overseas assets to the Government.
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Ex-Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone pleaded guilty in a London court on Thursday to one count of fraud for making dishonest representation to Britain’s tax authority.
The 92-year-old appeared at Southwark Crown Court and pleaded to one count of fraud by false representation, just over a month before he was due to stand trial.
Prosecutors said Ecclestone made untrue or misleading representations to HM Revenue and Customers at a July 2015 meeting, when he said he “established only a single trust” in favour of his daughters.
Ecclestone, accompanied by his wife Fabiana, spoke only to confirm his name and to enter his plea.
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