Bernie in real danger this time?

[jez101]

Bernie's defence is that Gribkowsky was threatening to spill the beans on Ecclestone's personal tax arrangements to HMRC. So, he says, he paid the man the cash to shut him up even though, he says, the allegations were untrue.

http://www.pitpass.com/48714-Ecclestone-not-being-investigated-for-tax-evasion - you have to read pitpass with a certain filter turned on, but there is no doubt that Sylt has privileged access to Bernie.

I don't know if he will go to prison, but there is a chance that all this attention on Bernie and his tax avoidance schemes will come back to bite him and the planned floatation of F1. The business model that they are trying to float depends on the type of schemes that governments are now clamping down on.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...mula-One-drives-its-tax-rate-down-to-5pc.html

 

[RasputinLives]

I doubt very much they'll give an 82 year old jail time but they might charge him with it.

 

[Mephistopheles]

If he goes down he may become someones bitch...

 

[Fenderman]

on.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...mula-One-drives-its-tax-rate-down-to-5pc.html

Nice shot of Lewis Hamilton in that piece. The Telegraph image bank must be short of up to date clips.

 

[Mephistopheles]

Bloody hell Bernie has disguised himself as a McLaren to fool the press.....

 

[F1Yorkshire]

Jail time won't do anything. A nice hefty fine should sort it though. As its a German crime maybe the courts should redirect the funds towards an ailing German circuit. I hear the N'ring needs some investment.

 

[gethinceri]

Na, they should give it to the Greeks.

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

Na, they should give it to the Greeks.

I'm sure the Germans will appreciate that! (not)

 

[Fenderman]

Which Greeks? The ones who don't support their nation by paying taxes or the poor buggers who did all the work and are left behind to carry the can? , Sorry. I s'pose that's a one liner for the politics thread.

 

[gethinceri]

There's only a can because they haven't got a pot to piss in.

 

[siffert_fan]

I doubt very much they'll give an 82 year old jail time but they might charge him with it.

I doubt very much that they would give someone with that much money jail time. Such is the state of the western justice system.

 

[Mezzer]

Yeah, he'll just do a couple of months of Corruption Rehab and come out a better man.

 

[Fenderman]