WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and his two brothers must pay almost 100 thousand pounds sterling (almost $122 thousand) to the city treasury .) due to tax evasion.
The case was decided at Chester Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, Metro reports.
None of the three defendants in the case was present at the hearing. The court found that they are liable for non-payment of commercial fees from 2021.
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Fury and his relatives received ownership of a plot in Cheshire from their father. Cheshire East Council found that they had failed to pay tax charges. They built a parking lot on this site and had to pay taxes.
Fury's father, testifying in court, stated that the family had leased the land. Businessman Babakir Elmosbach allegedly rented this plot for 600 pounds a month and used it as a parking lot, because “a stone's throw” from this place Manchester Airport. That's why travelers left their cars there.
The judge stated that the defendants — Fury brothers — “not even close to creating sufficient evidence” that Elmosbach's company actually leased this site. Fury and his brothers were ordered to pay taxes of £82,166.85 and court costs of £17,206.
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