{"id":190375,"date":"2016-02-16T13:29:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T13:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=190375"},"modified":"2016-02-16T13:29:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T13:29:48","slug":"brazil-court-freezes-footballer-neymars-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/brazil-court-freezes-footballer-neymars-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil court freezes footballer Neymar’s assets"},"content":{"rendered":"
A court in Brazil has frozen assets of football star Neymar. The federal court in Sao Paulo announced it was issuing warrants to freeze almost $50m (\u00a334.5m) worth of assets belonging to the Brazil and Barcelona striker.<\/p>\n
They include a yacht, a jet and several properties.<\/p>\n
Neymar, 23, is accused of tax evasion between 2011 and 2013 and faces legal proceedings. He has denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n
‘Not too harsh’<\/strong><\/p>\n Among the assets frozen are also three companies belonging to his family.<\/p>\n Prosecutors accuse Neymar of setting up companies as fronts in order to pay a lower rate of tax.<\/p>\n They demand he pay 63.6 million reias ($16m; \u00a311m) in allegedly undeclared taxes.<\/p>\n The court ordered his assets be frozen to ensure the payment plus any possible fines, it said.<\/p>\n An auditor with the federal tax agency told the Associated Press news agency that Neymar could still appeal the decision and that he was unlikely to face jail.<\/p>\n “If he pays what he owes, the case is closed,” the auditor added. “Our legislation isn’t too harsh.”<\/p>\n Neymar and his father were questioned this month in a court in the Spanish capital, Madrid, over separate allegations of corruption and fraud surrounding his transfer to FC Barcelona. A court in Brazil has frozen assets of football star Neymar. The federal court in Sao Paulo announced it was issuing warrants to freeze almost $50m (\u00a334.5m) worth of assets belonging to the Brazil and Barcelona striker. They include a yacht, a jet and several properties. Neymar, 23, is accused of tax evasion between 2011 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":190376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nNeymar also denied any wrongdoing in that case.
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\nBy: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"