Simulated donation will have caused a loss of 18 million euros to the state. If you do not involve transfers of players.
The businessman, together with his wife, Sandra Mendes, were accused by the prosecutor for an alleged crime of Fiscal Fraudin the context of Operation Out of Game, advances this Tuesday.
At issue will be the transfer of almost half of the capital of a company to Sandra Mendes – a donation that the MP considers fictional and that has caused a Fiscal loss of 18 million euros to the state.
According to the same newspaper, The company in question was later acquired by another company linked to the entrepreneurwell known in the world of football for representing big names, namely the de – which only in 2023, when the captain of the national team of Manchester United.
Jorge Mendes Nega any illegality in the case. It ensures that the donation was legitimate and made for a fair value, and that the Tax Authority has been informed of the operation since 2014.
Despite contesting the accusationthe entrepreneur has said he will pay the taxes required by the prosecutor.
“I always guided and I still guide my professional and personal life in the absolute respect for legality,” says Jorge Mendes in a statement this Tuesday. It will settle “any amount allegedly in debt” for your family’s defense reasons, he explains, despite “completely refuting any charge of fiscal fraud.”
In his rise to power, from DJ to one of the most influential entrepreneurs in the world of football, the natural businessman of Maia has come across other problems with justice. In the same operation, out of play, he was suspected of being involved in a millionaire machines scheme in 2021; In Spain, he was investigated in, accused of injuring the Spanish tax authorities at 5.66 million euros through the creation of offshore societies to hide image rights revenues.
