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Portsmouth Football Club chief executive Peter Storrie has been charged with tax evasion. | Portsmouth Football Club chief executive Peter Storrie has been charged with tax evasion. |
He is accused of concealing a signing-on fee for Amdy Faye by paying it via the midfielder's agent William McKay. | |
Mr Storrie is due to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on 16 November, a spokesman for HM Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office said. | Mr Storrie is due to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on 16 November, a spokesman for HM Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office said. |
It is alleged that Mr Faye was paid a £250,000 signing-on fee on which tax and national insurance was not paid. | |
The charge relates to the transfer of the midfielder from French club Auxerre to Portsmouth for £1.5m in August 2003. | |
Operation Apprentice | |
Mr Storrie is alleged to have committed offence between 1 July 2003 and 12 August 2005. | |
It claimed the money was paid into the account of Mr McKay, who has also been questioned by police. He has not been charged with any offence. | |
Mr Storrie vowed to clear his name two weeks ago when he was informed of the decision to prosecute him. | Mr Storrie vowed to clear his name two weeks ago when he was informed of the decision to prosecute him. |
He has been on bail since being arrested in November 2007 on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting. | |
The inquiry into Mr Storrie's finances was part of a wider investigation by City of London Police and HM Revenue and Customs into corruption in football, known as Operation Apprentice. |