Comment on Bernie Ecclestone pleads guilty to fraud after failing to declare more than £400m
slugger@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
light pat on the wrist, then?
The prosecutor seems quite friendly
“As of July 7 2015, Mr Ecclestone did not know the truth of the position, so was not able to give an answer to the question.
“Mr Ecclestone was not entirely clear on how ownership of the accounts in question were structured.
It was only $650m, easy to forget who the beneficiary is /s
Hey he can’t be expected to know about the location of all his billions. And he keeps his records in an old notebook under his mattress. Not like any accountants or financial experts were involved.
Syldon@feddit.uk 11 months ago
He will pay his tax then get it back in some tax relief or such like.
SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What ever the result is we all no it will be a steaming pile of absolute bullshit compared to the punishment everyone else would get
Syldon@feddit.uk 11 months ago
I stopped F1 dead when they had that shambolic season with Hamilton and Verstappen. Where they took turns to bend the rules for them, just so fans would not get bored. All in part to keep the Saudi’s happy.
13esq@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m British and I was still super bored of Hamilton winning pretty much every race long before that!
SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I don’t blame them. I wouldn’t want to be chopped up and bbq’d either