BERLIN
After the resignation of Bayern Munich's former president, Uli Hoeness, because of a tax evasion scandal, the football club's board of management has nominated Karl Hopfner as the new president.
Bayern Munich published a statement on the official homepage of the club that the current vice president and member of the executive committee of the supervisory board is the only candidate ahead of a vote at an extraordinary general members assembly in Munich on May 2.
Hoeness was found guilty of seven counts of tax evasion totalling 27.2 million euros. He reported himself to Germany’s tax authorities in January 2013 in the hope of benefiting from an amnesty but the judge, Rupert Heindl, ruled that Hoeness’s confession was short of full disclosure and therefore did not warrant amnesty.
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