Tax inspector accused of defrauding over 40 footballers faces 11-year jail sentence Football Nuri Sahin and Hamit Altintop among the victims

The public prosecutor has called for Leonor Sanchez-Caballero, the tax inspector accused of defrauding over 40 footballers and other athletes, to be handed an 11-year prison sentence.

More details are emerging in the case, with Sanchez-Caballero believed to have unlawfully acquired over 6.2 million euros that should have been returned to the players.

According to El Mundo, the victims include Nuri Sahin, Hamit Altintop, Eduardo Salvio, Elias Mendes, Sinama Pongolleand and Aly Cissokho.

He is believed to have worked with two lawyers and the timeline reported by El Mundo is from February 2015 to November 2016.