I promised that I wouldn’t write about soccer anymore. Well, I’m going to try not to, but I can’t help myself. Dutch soccer coach Guus Hiddink will be prosecuted for tax fraud according to this story. And many Americans will sympathize with his problem: residency.
According to the newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad the dispute centers on whether Hiddink lived in Belgium when he claimed residency there, or whether he was still in the Netherlands. The prosecutor, Valentine Hoen, said that Hiddink’s accountant also faces charges. For the record, the Dutch team made the round of 16 in the World Cup.
Meanwhile, actor Crocodile Dundee is also looking at tax evasion charges in Australia. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Dundee and his business partner have been accused of hiding millions in offshore trusts. Both Dundee and his partner are accused of participating in shelters run by Swiss accountant Philip Egglishaw according to this story.
Tax fraud isn’t just an American crime, after all.