Bettini facing charges

finchy
finchy Posts: 6,686
edited December 2009 in Pro race
Tax evasion. Claimed to be living in Monaco for tax reasons, but the Italian authorities reckon he's telling porkies.

http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme/breves20 ... -fisc.html

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  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Sounds familiar!
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    The tax men should team up with the drug testers and share whereabouts information.
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  • Didn't they sting Cipo on this too?
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Didn't they sting Cipo on this too?

    And Valentino Rossi.
  • afx237vi wrote:
    Didn't they sting Cipo on this too?

    And Valentino Rossi.

    Italians dodging their taxes eh? Who'd ever have thunk it?
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • ju5t1n
    ju5t1n Posts: 2,028
    11 million euros in tax? How much was he earning?
  • Birillo
    Birillo Posts: 417
    Bettini a cheat? Surely not. I'm sure his performances were as honest as his tax returns.