Ex-Chelsea owner's secret life in Turkey and Tel Aviv Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has been accused of dodging millions in tax payments as part of a scheme around his fleet of superyachts.
Abramovich, who was sanctioned by the UK in March 2022 over his connection to Vladimir Putin's regime and forced to sell the Stamford Bridge club, purchased five luxury yachts in the 2000s that were involved in the tax scheme, according to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
According to the head of the Istanbul Real Estate Brokers Club the former Chelsea owner started paying $50,000 (£40,000) a month for a house owned by the stock market player Ahmet Okumus in late 2022.
In June 2023, after Istanbul hosted the Champions League final won by Manchester City, Mirror Football explored the area in which Abramovich had been renting a gated complex.
As first reported by the Telegraph, the Turkish Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change has criticised "unauthorised construction activities" of a helipad at the property, which is in the protected "Bosphorus foreview area."
