Bernie Ecclestone pleads guilty to fraud after failing to declare more than £400m (www.independent.co.uk)

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

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

[-] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

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.

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