A businessman who boasted on
television that "tax evasion is not a crime" was slapped with a
one-million-euro fine Tuesday for damaging the image of the
internal revenue service.
Former leather entrepreneur Andrea Ghiotto, 43, was
sentenced to ten years in prison for graft, bankruptcy fraud and
tax evasion in a separate case.
"I haven't killed or raped," Ghiotto said on RAI public
television in 2010.
"I did a little bit of tax dodging but I don't see it as
such a serious offense."
Ghiotto was subsequently found to have evaded as much as 13
million euros in taxes by laundering money through a local
football team.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA