German Football Association denies committing tax violations

Today, the German Football Association (DFB) strongly denied any wrongdoing, a week after its offices were stormed by authorities on suspicion of tax evasion.

The German Football Association issued a statement after a meeting of its board of directors, stating that "the results of the ongoing review processes clearly contradict the allegations that are circulating at the present time."

"This can be seen already from taxes and from tax audit documents. However, the Public Prosecution did not refer to these documents and assess them in advance," the union said.

Last week, prosecutors said about 200 police officers searched the German soccer federation headquarters in Frankfurt and the homes of officials in five federal states, without identifying the six suspects.

The German Football Association paid 4.7 million euros (5.5 million dollars) last year, and that amount relates to the income of the German national team's billboards in 2014 and 2015.

Despite this, prosecutors said the payment "had no effect" on the ongoing investigation.

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