2024-04-25 15:06:29
British justice has decided to end the personal bankruptcy proceedings against former German tennis champion Boris Becker (56) following an agreement with his beneficiaries, his lawyer said.
Insolvency proceedings opened in 2017 against the former world number one were “legally closed” by a decision handed down on Wednesday by the High Court in London following this deal, which also cancels its liability for remaining debts, his lawyer Christian said. Oliver Moser in a press release.
The six-time winner of the Grand Slam tournament was sentenced by a court in London in the spring of 2022 to two and a half years in prison and was released after eight months in prison in Great Britain for these facts.
Questionable transfers
Boris Becker was found guilty in April 2022 of concealing or illegally transferring hundreds of thousands of euros and pounds sterling to avoid paying his debts after being declared bankrupt.
In particular, he was accused of transferring hundreds of thousands of pounds sterling from a professional account to other accounts, notably those of his ex-wives, of failing to declare a property in Germany and of concealing an €825,000 loan and shares in a company.
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