The headquarters of Paris Saint-Germain was re-registered earlier this month amid a French judicial investigation for alleged tax irregularities at the Brazilian signing Neymarin 2017.
The registration of the building in the town of Boulogne Billancourt, which also houses the Paris office of the sports chain BeIN Sportswas confirmed by judicial sources to the newspaper Le Monde, although no further details were offered.
This search follows another conducted in January by agents of the General Inspection of the National Police (IGPN) and the Central Office to Fight Corruption and Tax Infractions (Oclciff) under the supervision of several magistrates.
The biggest transfer in football history
That first search sought information within the investigation about alleged official favorable treatment when the PSG signed in 2017 Neymarfrom FC Barcelonafor 222 million euros, the biggest transfer in the history of football.
A spokesperson for PSG declared that the entity is “fully cooperating with all parties in this matter, of which the club is an injured party, and it will finally put an end to the false information that is being spread.”
The former communications director, was charged
The investigation is trying to clarify the role of the club’s then director of communications, Jean Martial Ribesaccused in this case of corruption and influence peddling, and where he is vice president of the National Assembly, Hugues Rensonformer deputy of the French president’s party, Emmanuel Macron.
It is suspected, based specifically on conversations between them, that both maneuvered to get tax benefits when the club bought from the French capital. Neymar.
In the intercepted messages, references were made to actions before the then Finance Minister, who currently holds the Interior portfolio, Gerald Darmanin.
Source: La Verdad
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