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13:51, 14-Nov-2018
Egypt soccer legend Aboutrika handed jail sentence for tax evasion
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13:16, 17-Nov-2018
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Former Egypt forward Mohamed Aboutrika, one of the country's most famous sportsmen, has been sentenced to a year in jail on charges of tax evasion, local media reported on Tuesday.
A commercial and financial crimes court in Cairo passed the sentence against Aboutrika in absentia on Monday, the state-run al-Ahram newspaper reported
The court found Aboutrika guilty of evading taxes on earnings of 40,000 US dollars for doing advertisements for soft drinks and a telecom firm.
The paper said the court ordered the former player who now lives in Qatar to pay 20,000 pounds as a bond to turn the prison term into a suspended sentence.
Aboutrika, 40, played 100 times for Egypt from 2001-13, scoring 38 goals and helping his country win the African Nations Cup in 2006 and 2008.
Source(s): Reuters