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Arnold Schwarzenegger detained over EU tax for luxury watch (www.bbc.co.uk)
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[–] albert180@feddit.de 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

No they didn't

The main customs office in Munich now contradicts this account. As a spokesperson told SPIEGEL, the officials allegedly only tried for 15 minutes to debit the outstanding tax payment from Schwarzenegger's credit card using a payment device. The transaction then worked with a replacement device. A further payment - a security deposit that the actor had to pay as part of criminal tax proceedings that have now been initiated - could not be paid with the same credit card due to internal security guidelines. Schwarzenegger then went to an ATM - unaccompanied by the authorities. "We were deliberately absent because we didn't want to cause a stir and sent him into the public area without customs officials," said the spokesperson. However, the actor returned without any cash. A "different solution" was then found for the outstanding payment of the security deposit.

https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/arnold-schwarzenegger-zoll-widerspricht-medienberichten-zu-vorfall-mit-luxusuhr-a-7d98cd62-5166-4b5d-a81f-fe932c5bb7cc

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

A “different solution” was then found for the outstanding payment of the security deposit.

He slept with the cops?