BSP-14 Mourinho accepts one-year jail sentence for fraud

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Mourinho accepts one-year jail sentence for fraud

MADRID, Feb 5, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Portuguese football coach Jose Mourinho
has accepted a one-year jail sentence he won’t have to serve and a fine of
close to two million euros for tax fraud as part of a deal with prosecutors
revealed Tuesday.

The 56-year-old is accused of committing tax fraud in 2011 and 2012 when
he coached Spanish giants Real Madrid.

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