Success for Theo Zwanziger in the “summer fairy tale” process

The accused Theo Zwanziger, 79, recorded an important success in the tax process around the 2006 World Cup. During and after his almost six-hour survey on Monday, the Chamber of the Frankfurt Regional Court understood that they followed the statements of the former DFB president in significant points. The chamber also at least temporarily stated that it did not represent the thesis that the decisive payment was a “legation”.

The tax core of the process is a transfer from April 2005. At that time, the World Cup managers transferred 6.7 million euros to the FIFA World Federation Association. This sum was officially declared as a participation in the later canceled World Cup gala. In fact, FIFA continued the money to the entrepreneur Robert Louis-Dreyfus-and was subsequently repaid a loan that German World Cup boss Franz Beckenbauer had received three years earlier for a Louis-Dreyfus purpose, which was still unexplained today. Therefore, according to the accusation in this procedure, the booking as an operating expenditure was not correct and there was a tax evasion.

The last remaining defendant in the procedure is twenties

Twenties stated what he has emphasized in the past almost ten years since the outbreak of the affair: Before the transfer of the 6.7 million euros, he had no knowledge that this payment was served by the debt of the Beckenbauer; He only experienced this a few weeks later in May 2005. He also stated that he had nothing to do with the tax return at the time.

Twenties is the last remaining defendant in the procedure. The against the former DFB President Wolfgang Niersbach, 74, was terminated against payment of a money requirement that separated from the former Secretary General Horst R. Schmidt, 83, for health reasons. As the so -called secondary part of the part, the DFB threatens a million -dollar fine.