Former footballer John Carew, a Norwegian international who played in the English, French and Spanish leagues, was sentenced to 14 months in prison this Wednesday for serious tax fraud, the Oslo court said.
The 43-year-old former striker was convicted of failing to declare to the Norwegian tax authorities an amount of approximately 12.8 million kroner (approximately 1.2 million euros) obtained between 2014 and 2019, as well as personal assets of 300 million (approximately 29 million euros). ME) and taking into account that you are tax resident of the country.
Carew started playing football with Valerenga and still represented Rosenborg, but rose to greater prominence outside Norway, winning the Spanish league with Valencia and two French leagues with Lyon.
In his career, in which he was scored 91 times for Norway, he also wore the colors of Roma, on loan from Valencia, Besiktas, Aston Villa, Stoke City and West Ham.
Source: DN
