German FA fined by court in 2006 World Cup payment affair
News Source : Yahoo Entertainment
News Summary
- The German Football Federation (DFB) has been fined €110,000 ($128,000) for tax evasion by a Frankfurt court
- The case centred on a payment of €6
- 7 million the DFB sent via the ruling body FIFA to the late French businessman Robert Louis-Dreyfus in 2005
- The DFB said it was for a World Cup gala event, which never took place
The German Football Federation (DFB) has been fined 110,000 ($128,000) for tax evasion by a Frankfurt court in a trial relating to a payment around the 2006 World Cup.Frankfurt district court judge [+1444 chars]