F1老板伯尼·埃克莱斯顿涉嫌贿赂被起诉

时间：2013-07-18 08:30:53

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German prosecutors1 have indicted2 Formula 1 motor racing3 boss Bernie Ecclestone on a bribery4 charge.

德国检察官以贿赂罪起诉F1赛车运动老板伯尼·埃克莱斯顿。
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Mr Ecclestone's motor racing business is a lucrative global venture
 
The charge relates to a $44m (£29m) payment to German banker Gerhard Gribkowsky of Bayern Landesbank, linked to the sale of a stake in F1.
 
Mr Ecclestone denies bribing6 Gribkowsky, and says the money was intended to stop the banker from exposing him to a UK tax inquiry7.
 
Mr Gribkowsky was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in jail in Munich.
 
Speaking to the Financial Times on Wednesday, Mr Ecclestone said: "I have just spoken to my lawyers and they have received an indictment8. It's being translated into English."
 
"We are defending it properly. It will be an interesting case. It's a pity it's happened."
 
Mr Ecclestone has six weeks to respond to the indictment, Formula One Group said in a statement.

'Silly things'
 
The charges are related to the 2006 sale of a 47% stake in Formula 1 by Bayern Landesbank, which had acquired it from the bankrupt Kirch media group.
 
Gribkowsky had been in charge of managing the sale to private equity9 group CVC Capital Partners.
 
CVC has since reduced its stake in a series of deals. It has not commented on the indictment.
 
At his trial last year, Gribkowsky admitted corruptly10 receiving $41.4m (£26.6m) in bank commissions and a large payment via the Ecclestone family's Bambino Trust.
 
He maintained he had been paid to undervalue the shares.
 
But Mr Ecclestone says he paid Gribkowsky to keep him quiet, believing the banker was planning to give false information to the UK authorities about his tax affairs.
 
Mr Ecclestone said at the time that proving the allegation was false "would have been very expensive for me".
 
"The tax risk would have exceeded £2bn. I paid him to keep calm and not to do silly things," he said.
 
Mr Ecclestone has until mid-August to respond to the charges. The court will then decide whether to take the case to trial - it could be heard by mid-September.
 
He faces a possible jail term if found guilty, something he has previously11 said would force him to stand down as head of F1.
 
His lawyer told the Financial Times the indictment was largely based on statements from Gribkowsky, and that Mr Ecclestone intended to dispute these.

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1 prosecutors a638e6811c029cb82f180298861e21e9     
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人
参考例句：
  • In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
  • You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
2 indicted 4fe8f0223a4e14ee670547b1a8076e20     
控告，起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
  • He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。
3 racing 1ksz3w     
n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的
参考例句：
  • I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
  • The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。
4 bribery Lxdz7Z     
n.贿络行为，行贿，受贿
参考例句：
  • FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
  • He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。
5 lucrative dADxp     
adj.赚钱的，可获利的
参考例句：
  • He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
  • It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。
6 bribing 2a05f9cab5c720b18ca579795979a581     
贿赂
参考例句：
  • He tried to escape by bribing the guard. 他企图贿赂警卫而逃走。
  • Always a new way of bribing unknown and maybe nonexistent forces. 总是用诸如此类的新方法来讨好那不知名的、甚或根本不存在的魔力。 来自英汉非文学 - 科幻
7 inquiry nbgzF     
n.打听，询问，调查，查问
参考例句：
  • Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
  • The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
8 indictment ybdzt     
n.起诉；诉状
参考例句：
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
  • They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。
9 equity ji8zp     
n.公正，公平，（无固定利息的）股票
参考例句：
  • They shared the work of the house with equity.他们公平地分担家务。
  • To capture his equity,Murphy must either sell or refinance.要获得资产净值，墨菲必须出售或者重新融资。
10 corruptly 34a5b9c1a2ee0e674815a673b6bd02ea     
腐败（堕落）地，可被收买的
参考例句：
  • Ah sinful nation a people a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! 这作恶犯罪的国家，这邪恶败坏的人民，你们要遭殃了！
  • Alas, sinful nation, People weighed down with iniquity, Offspring of evildoers, Sons who act corruptly! 犯罪的国民，担着罪孽的百姓，行恶的种类，败坏的儿女。
11 previously bkzzzC     
adv.以前，先前（地）
参考例句：
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

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