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Brazilian coach Scolari cleared of tax evasion by Portugal authorities

Xinhua, October 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

Brazilian coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has paid Portugal 3 million euros back in taxes, local media reported on Wednesday.

Scolari owed taxes from payments made to him between 2003 and 2007 for image rights, by an offshore society with links to Bank BPN.

"The Prosector's office concluded the investigation relating to the absence of declaration, for fiscal affects, of amounts received by Luiz Felipe Scolari, for image rights," the Central Department for Penal Action said in a statement, adding that Scolari had been accused of fiscal fraud.

Scolari, who was Portugal's coach from 2003 to 2007, was held defendant in 2014 for an initial debt of 635 euros, which rose to 3 million euros due to interest rates and a fine.

Last year he claimed he had paid his taxes in every country he had worked in and denied any wrongdoing. Enditem