{"id":330090,"date":"2017-06-20T15:15:57","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T15:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=330090"},"modified":"2017-06-20T15:15:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T15:15:57","slug":"mourinho-accused-of-tax-fraud-during-real-madrid-stint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/mourinho-accused-of-tax-fraud-during-real-madrid-stint\/","title":{"rendered":"Mourinho accused of tax fraud during Real Madrid stint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Manchester United boss Jos\u00e9 Mourinho has been accused of tax fraud by Spanish prosecutors investigating his time as Real Madrid&#8217;s head coach.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese manager is accused of defrauding Spain of \u20ac3.3m (\u00a32.9m; $3.6m) in taxes between 2011 and 2012. He has yet to comment on the claim.<\/p>\n<p>A prosecutor says he did not declare income from the use of his image rights in order to get an &#8220;illicit benefit&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Other big names in football have been accused of tax fraud in Spain recently.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ns_chart_Mourinhorecord_1\"><\/div>\n<p>Those include Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who played under Mr Mourinho and shares the same agent. The player is accused of defrauding tax authorities of \u20ac14.7m, by also hiding his income from image rights.<\/p>\n<p>He denies the accusations and is threatening to leave Spain. The Portugal international is set to give evidence in his case on 31 July.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mourinho, 54, is accused of two counts of tax fraud &#8211; \u20ac1.6m in 2011 and \u20ac1.7m in 2012. The Madrid prosecutor says the case was presented to a local court.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"story-body__line\" \/>\n<p class=\"story-body__crosshead\"><strong>Why Mourinho? By James Badcock, <\/strong>Madrid-based<strong> journalist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Mourinho joins a growing list of football stars being investigated and prosecuted in Spain over accusations of tax evasion, in particular in connection with allegedly undeclared income from the sale of image rights by using companies based outside the country. In this way, Lionel Messi has been found guilty of fraud, and Cristiano Ronaldo accused by prosecutors of evading \u20ac14.7m.<\/p>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo and Jos\u00e9 Mourinho are both clients of the football agent Jorge Mendes. Other Mendes charges being investigated for alleged tax evasion while playing in La Liga include Ricardo Carvalho, \u00c1ngel Di Maria and Radamel Falcao.<\/p>\n<p>All are accused of using a similar system, whereby their image rights were owned by companies registered in the British Virgin Islands or Panama, and which allegedly received money from intermediaries based in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>A statement released by Mr Mendes&#8217; company Gestifute last week, countering reports that he was being investigated alongside Radamel Falcao, said that the Portuguese agent did &#8220;not participate or offer any services related directly or indirectly with financial, tax or legal consulting for his clients&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United boss Jos\u00e9 Mourinho has been accused of tax fraud by Spanish prosecutors investigating his time as Real Madrid&#8217;s head coach. The Portuguese manager is accused of defrauding Spain of \u20ac3.3m (\u00a32.9m; $3.6m) in taxes between 2011 and 2012. He has yet to comment on the claim. A prosecutor says he did not declare [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":330091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mourinho accused of tax fraud during Real Madrid stint - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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