Former Magpie Marveaux arrested in tax fraud probe
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FORMER Newcastle United midfielder Sylvain Marveaux is among four people placed in custody in France as part of the investigation into suspected tax evasion and money laundering in the transfer of soccer players between England and France.
A person with direct knowledge of the case said that the 31-year-old Marveaux was arrested on Wednesday during a wave of raids and arrests in both countries.
French newspaper Le Parisien first reported Marveaux’s arrest.
The other three are players’ agents.
French authorities are assisting the British-led investigation, which centers on whether payments were hidden to players, agents or third parties to evade income tax and social security contributions.
English Premier League leader Chelsea, London rival West Ham United and Newcastle are the only clubs in England so far to be publicly embroiled in the far-reaching probe. Britain’s tax authority, which seized financial records, computers and phones in raids, said the suspected fraud amounts to 5 million pounds (US$6 million).
Marveaux currently plays for French club Lorient. Marveaux joined Newcastle in 2011 on a five-year contract before signing a loan deal with Guingamp that brought him back to France three years later. Many EPL players are French and Newcastle has recruited several of them over the past few years.
The escalation in the investigation on Wednesday followed HMRC telling legislators in December that 43 players and 12 soccer clubs in the British leagues, alongside eight agents, were being investigated.
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