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Former tennis star Boris Becker has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for hiding more than $ 3 million in assets and loans in the event of bankruptcy.
The 54-year-old man has been convicted on four counts of violating the Bankruptcy Act and faces a maximum of seven years in prison.
According to Natalie Pirks of BBC Sports, he is expected to serve half of his sentence in prison.
Becker has won six Grand Slam tournaments as a player, including three Wimbledon titles. He became the youngest men’s singles champion in 1985 when he won Wimbledon at the age of 17.
After his playing career, he spent time as coach of Novak Djokovic, as well as a commentator for the BBC.
In 2017, Becker was declared bankrupt due to an unpaid loan of about 4.6 million euros ($ 5 million) from a private bank.
He was later found to have secretly transferred significant sums of money from business accounts to other private accounts, including his ex-wife Barbara and estranged wife Charlie. He also failed to disclose a loan of 825,000 euros, his stakes in a technology company and a stake in a property in Germany.
Becker had previously been convicted of tax evasion and attempted tax evasion in Germany in 2002, but his two-year sentence was suspended.
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