ULLRICH BUYS HIS WAY OUT OF TROUBLE

Jan Ullrich has agreed to pay a six-figure sum in exchange for German prosecutors closing the fraud investigation they began following suspicions that Ullrich worked with Dr Fuentes and was involved in Operacion Puerto.

German law does not recognize doping as a criminal offence, so prosecutors pursued fraud charges instead, investigating if Ullrich illegally paid Fuentes for his services.

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