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Maldini sent to trial over 'tax spying'

Reuters - Monday 28 March 2011, 13:11
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MILAN - Retired former Italy and AC Milan defender Paolo Maldini was sent to trial on Monday charged with illegally asking an Italian tax agency official to do a tax check on another man, judicial sources said.

Maldini, who denies the accusations, is alleged to have committed the crime during a property deal in Tuscany.

A tax agency employee was arrested in 2009 during the police investigation.

Maldini, 42, retired from all football in 2009 after a glittering career and has yet to take another job having turned down coaching roles at Milan and Chelsea.

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