What’s that you say ? Another billionaire who bullied, cheated and lied his way to a fortune ?
I thought it was hard work ?
this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2023
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This is grossly unfair. Not all billionaires bullied, cheated and lied their way to a fortune. Plenty of them inherited.
Is there even any other way?
No
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has pleaded guilty to fraud at Southwark crown court after failing to declare more than £400m of overseas assets to the UK government.
Ecclestone had pleaded not guilty to the charges in August, but changed his plea at a case management hearing on Thursday.
Ecclestone ran Formula One from the late 1970s until January 2017, a position that made him one of the most prominent people in global motorsport.
He was accused of fraud by false representation after allegedly failing to declare the existence of a trust in Singapore.
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Ehhhh...
So Bernie is listed (Wikipedia) at worth £3.5B and gets a £652,074,000.00 tax fine. That's 2% of his net worth. So if you were making £100,000.00 a year and got the same treatment for tax evasion you'd be fined £2,000.00. Like that would ever happen!!! Yup, sounds like HMRC is working for Bernie, no you...
The punishment, one slap on the wrist..