Guy Forget appears in the Pandora Papers.
According to the new investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), the former French tennis player and current director of the Roland-Garros tournament has owned an offshore company for eleven years in a tax haven located in the British Virgin Islands.
Asked by Radio France, the person, who is domiciled in Switzerland, indicates that he has never been aware of this financial package. “From my teenage years, and at the start of my professional career in the 1980s, until my period as captain of the national teams, the company, known worldwide, IMG, managed my interests and my contracts like those of many high-level athletes. in the greatest legality, ”he declared. Mainland Group Limited, the name of the offshore company created in 2005, had the function of "holding intellectual property rights". When it was liquidated in 2016, a week before a first massive data breach (Panama Papers), its global assets were 1.4 million euros.
Contacted by Le Parisien, the French Tennis Federation, Guy Forget's employer, indicates that they have spoken with him on the subject but does not wish to comment.
"It is up to Guy to express himself on the subject if he wishes," adds one to the FFT.
IMG denies its involvement
Two versions are opposed at the moment since IMG claims for its part to have put in its collaboration with the sportsman in 1997 when the announcement of his retirement.
His former agent Régis Brunet refused to speak.
The Pandora Papers revelations, which are based on some 11.9 million documents from 14 financial services companies, have uncovered more than 29,000 offshore companies.
The opacity surrounding these companies located in countries or territories with very favorable taxation can be used to conceal financial assets and to evade the tax administration.
Several political leaders are cited there, including Tony Blair.
According to the newspaper Le Monde, 600 French people are there.
Bercy has launched checks on the presence or not of French tax residents among those pinned, Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday.
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