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The 54-year-old six-times Grand Slam champion, who was on trial
at Southwark Crown Court, was facing 24 counts under the act
relating to the period from May to October 2017.
Becker, a former world number one who won Wimbledon three times,
had denied the charges, including nine counts of not handing
over trophies and awards and seven of concealing property valued
at more than 1.5 million euros ($1.63 million).
Becker was made bankrupt on June 21, 2017, at the London High
Court in connection with a debt to private bankers Arbuthnot
Latham & Co.
Under the terms of the bankruptcy order, he was bound to provide
full disclosure of assets.
The charges Becker was convicted
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on included removing property totalling close to 427,000 euros
from his bankruptcy estate, failing to disclose ownership of a
property in Leiman in Germany, concealing a loan of 825,000
euros from the Bank of Alpinum of Lichtenstein and ownership of
75,000 shares in Breaking Data Corp.
"Today's verdict confirms that Boris Becker failed to comply
with his legal obligation to declare significant assets in his
bankruptcy," Dean Beale, Chief Executive of the Insolvency
Service, said in a statement.
"This conviction serves as a clear warning to those who think
they can hide their assets and get away with it. You will be
found out and prosecuted."
Last month, the court had heard that Becker "acted dishonestly"
by failing to hand over assets including his Wimbledon singles
trophies before and after he was declared bankrupt.
Becker will appear for sentencing on April 29.
($1 = 0.9200 euros)
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in BengaluruEditing by Toby
Davis and Pritha Sarkar)
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