German prosecutors raid tax office over Hoeness leak

BERLIN (Reuters) - German prosecutors conducted raids on Bavarian tax authorities on Thursday as part of a probe into the leaking of confidential records of Uli Hoeness, the Bayern Munich football club president who stunned Germany last year by admitting to tax dodging.

In a statement, prosecutors in Munich said they were acting on a complaint by Hoeness, who admitted to authorities last January that he had not paid taxes on assets stashed in a secret Swiss bank account and was forced to go public with the admission three months later when confronted by journalists.