The 91-year-old appeared at Southwark Crown Court in London, accompanied by his wife Fabiana, after pleading not guilty to a misrepresentation fraud charge at a hearing last month.
Ecclestone is accused of having made a “false or misleading” representation to the British tax authority between July 2013 and October 2016, according to the indictment of the Crown Prosecution Service.
The indictment alleges that the British billionaire dishonestly told the UK Treasury that he “established only a single trust” in favor of his daughters and that “other than the trust established for his daughters he was neither the settlor nor the beneficiary of any trust within or outside the UK”.
He was granted unconditional bail before his trial, which is due to start in the same court on October 9, 2023.
ecclestone he was dismissed as boss of Formula 1 in 2017when the American company Liberty Media took over the commercial rights to the sport.
He maintains an office in London, but now spends most of his time abroad, with residences in Switzerland and Ibiza, as well as a farm in Brazil.