Nearly 550 thousand euros were not declared to the tax authoritiesbut “transferred to Cissé’s bank account”, in addition to not having declared 230 thousand euros in taxes owed.
Former French international footballer Djibril Cissé was sentenced this Wednesday to eight months in prison, with a suspended sentence, for tax fraud, in a case involving abuse of corporate assets and omitted accounting data.
The Criminal Court of Bastia, in Corsica, also sentenced the former striker to a fine of 20 thousand eurosreducing the penalty initially requested by the prosecutor, from one year in prison and 100 thousand euros.
A company owned by the former forward Bastiawho also played in Marseille, Auxerre and Liverpoolamong others, was the target of the lawsuit, for amounts unpaid since 2020.
The investigation concluded that approximately 550 thousand euros were not declared to the tax authoritiesbut “transferred to Cissé’s bank account”, in addition to not having declared 230 thousand euros in taxes owed.
According to the defense lawyer, this company had been used to manage profits from the activity as a DJ and consultant of the former French international, who denied having wanted to defraud the tax authorities.
At 43 years old, the former goalscorer plays under the stage name Tchebaafter leaving on the pitch a career with 41 games for France and more than 250 goals as a professional throughout his career.
