The 62-year-old, one of the most powerful figures in German football, was charged with dodging 3.5m euro (£2.9m) in taxes through an undeclared Swiss bank account.
But when his trial opened on Monday, he admitted to avoiding 15m euro (£12.5m) more. Then it came out through an examination of documents he provided to investigators shortly before the trial that he owed 27.2m euro (£22.7m) in total.
German news agency dpa reported that prosecutors had demanded a five-and-a-half-year prison term, while his defence team was looking for a suspension of sentence on probation, arguing that he had turned himself in for tax evasion and provided details to the court.
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