Former tennis champion Boris Becker has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for hiding £2.5 million assets and loans to avoid paying debts. The 54-year-old was found guilty of four charges under the Insolvency Act.
Becker, who used to coach tennis star Novak Djokovic, declared bankruptcy in 2017 resulting from an unpaid loan of more than £3 million on his luxury estate in Mallorca, Spain, the Mirror reports.
The six-time Grand Slam champion and was legally obliged to declare all his assets, but failed to do so. He hid £700,000 of worth of assets, 75,000 shares in a tech firm and some of his two Wimbledon trophies.
