The six-time Grand Slam champion was given a 30-month sentence, of which he will serve half, for hiding £2.5m worth of assets and loans to avoid paying his debts
The 54-year-old three-time Wimbledon champion and former world number one was declared bankrupt on 21 June 2017 due to owing creditors almost £50m over an unpaid loan of more than £3m on his estate in Majorca, Spain.
BBC commentator Becker transferred almost €427,000 from his business account to others, including those of his ex-wife Barbara Feltus and estranged wife Sharlely"Lilly" Becker.Boris Becker jailed for two years and six months over bankruptcy breaches The father-of-four also failed to declare his share in a £1m property in his home town of Leimen, Germany, hid an €825,000 bank loan, which was worth £1.1m with interest, and concealed 75,000 shares in a tech firm, valued at £66,000.
Becker, who was handed a two-year suspended sentence for tax evasion and attempted tax evasion worth €1.7m in Germany in 2002, was found guilty last month of four offences under the Insolvency Act between 21 June and 3 October 2017.'I will support him'"I hope that will help him a little to get through the time."
Becker has two sons, Noah, 27, and Elias, 22, with his first wife, Ms Feltus, as well as Amadeus with his second wife, Dutch model Lilly Kerssenberg.
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