Former French international footballer Djibril Cissé was sentenced today to eight months in prison, with a suspended sentence, for tax fraud in a case involving the abuse of corporate assets and omitted accounting data.
The Bastia Criminal Court in Corsica also sentenced the former striker to a fine of 20,000 euros, reducing the sentence initially requested by the prosecutor of one year in prison and 100,000 euros.
A company owned by the former Bastia striker, who also played for Marseille, Auxerre and Liverpool, among others, was the target of the lawsuit, for amounts unpaid since 2020.
The investigation concluded that around 550,000 euros were not declared to the tax authorities, but “transferred to Cissé's bank account”, as well as failing to declare 230,000 euros in taxes owed.
According to the defense lawyer, this company was used to manage the profits from the former French international's work as a DJ and consultant, who has denied wanting to defraud the tax authorities.
At the age of 43, the former goalscorer goes by the stage name Tcheba, after leaving the pitch with a career that included 41 caps for France and more than 250 goals as a professional.
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