Bankrupt Boris Becker could leave creditors empty-handed

Bankrupt Boris Becker could leave creditors empty-handed as he is set to ‘bankroll his new life in native Germany by funnelling his vast media and book deal earnings through company set up by his girlfriend’

• The Wimbledon champion is banned from doing business in Germany until 2031
• But Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro has set up a UK company called BFB Enterprises
• The arrangement will allow 55-year-old Becker legally to cling on to a fortune

Jailbird Boris Becker is set to bankroll his new life in Germany by funnelling vast earnings from television appearances and book deals to a company set up by his girlfriend.

The bankrupt three-time Wimbledon champion is banned from doing business in Germany until 2031 as part of insolvency proceedings.

But his girlfriend Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro, a high-flying financial risk analyst in her 40s based in London, has set up a UK company called BFB Enterprises – short for Boris Franz Becker. 

The arrangement will allow Becker, 55, legally to cling on to a fortune – and keep it away from creditors owed millions – after his early release from jail in Britain last week.

Jailbird Boris Becker is set to bankroll his new life in Germany by funnelling vast earnings from television appearances and book deals to a company set up by his girlfriend

The bankrupt three-time Wimbledon champion is banned from doing business in Germany until 2031 as part of insolvency proceedings

Ms Monteiro stuck by Becker during his trial at Southwark Crown Court where he was found guilty of hiding £2.5 million of assets to avoid paying his astronomical debts.

Speculation is mounting that twice-divorced Becker plans to make Ms Monteiro his third wife. 

The tennis star was jailed for two and a half years in April but he spent only eight months behind bars before being freed under the Home Office’s early removal scheme.

Becker, a father of five, is understood to have been banned from immediately returning to the UK under the terms of his release. He had lived in the UK for decades and has three children living in London.

He owns a stunning £1.8 million, seven-bedroom villa in Leimen, where he grew up. His mother Elvira, 87, who lives in the house, would not reveal her son’s whereabouts last week.

‘Everything’s OK, Boris is doing well,’ she told Bild newspaper.

But his girlfriend Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro, a high-flying financial risk analyst in her 40s based in London, has set up a UK company called BFB Enterprises – short for Boris Franz Becker

The arrangement will allow Becker, 55, legally to cling on to a fortune – and keep it away from creditors owed millions – after his early release from jail in Britain last week 

Becker was flown back to Germany on a private plane reportedly paid for by German broadcaster SAT.1 which is said to have agreed to pay £450,000 fee for an exclusive interview.

Becker’s arrival back in Germany has been met with feverish media interest and speculation. Reports in the German press suggest he could be in Frankfurt or Munich.

Becker is said to have signed a book deal for an undisclosed sum and is filming a big-budget documentary for Apple TV+ which has been three years in the works. 

He has also been offered a job at the German Tennis Federation, where he served as director of men’s tennis from 2017 to 2020.

London-based Ms Monteiro comes from Sao Tome and Principe, a Portuguese-speaking island in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western coast of Africa. 

Her father, Victor Monteiro, was an armed forces minister there and narrowly failed in a bid to be elected president in 2014.

Becker’s lawyer Samy Hammad confirmed that the tennis ace would avoid having to make any repayments to creditors by marrying Ms Monteiro.

He said: ‘Under German law the company assets would not be liable for debts of the married spouse.’

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