"FC Bayern is a criminal club." That's what the Bayern haters say. But it was once true — if in an entirely different way. For FC Bayern was once run to a significant degree by personnel with criminal records.
A role model for active rehabilitation, then. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge accepted a penalty order for a customs offence in 2013 and paid a fine of €250,000. He had failed to declare two luxury watches from Qatar. A judge at the Landshut district court sentenced him to 140 daily rates. According to FOCUS, the court assumed Rummenigge had €1,785 per day at his free disposal.
Ex-president Uli Hoeneß served 21 months in prison for tax evasion.