Customs officials reportedly charge actor €35,000 after alleged failure to declare item intended for climate charity auction
Arnold Schwarzenegger was briefly held by customs officers at Munich airport on Wednesday after allegedly failing to declare a €26,000 (£22,000) Audemars Piguet watch the Terminator star was planning to sell at an auction in aid of his climate crisis charity.
The Austrian-born actor and former governor of California, 76, was stopped at the airport for about three hours upon arrival from Los Angeles, according to the German tabloid Bild, which quoted customs officials.
Schwarzenegger was taken aside by officers who searched his luggage and found the watch, which the actor had allegedly not declared on his arrivals customs form.
A spokesperson for the main customs office in Munich said: “We have initiated criminal tax proceedings. The watch should have been registered because it is an import.” We
Tell me you’re assisting with corruption without telling me you’re assisting with corruption.
There is absolutely no reason to charge half as cash unless you want physical money to conveniently forget to report.
Why do you think so many slightly shady businesses offer cash discounts? If your answer is “only card fees” then you may want to double check that last apple gift card you sent to grandma for her IRS bill actually made it to her.
I don’t care if it’s John down the street or a major world government. Someone somewhere saw this and thought “ooh, more money we can accidentally misreport”
Sure is a shame that the 17.5k never made it to it’s destination. That 15k could have come in handy. You never know when 10k could be useful for stopping terrorists that bring watches into the country. Hard to believe that 5k could be useful, but that 2k is going to be stretched as far as it can go.