http://www.dw.de/was-reus-driving-with-a-fake-dutch-license/a-18141343
Marco Reus (25yo) drove 7 years without a license. He had some hours with a driving teacher when he was 18-19years old, but didn´t try to get his license. So he got a fake one from the Netherlands when he played in Mönchengladbach, which isn´t far from Holland. He was caught five times (i wonder how that´s possible to not get caught with no license) speeding and then got caught this march with the fake drivers license. I mean, there were thousands of pics in the papers and the internet of him hopping in his Aston Martin or his huge Jeep.
So, Dortmund now says, he made a mistake. They try to lower the huge media waves (he has to pay 540.000 euros, which is 90days of his wage), which is understandable. The fans are saying, it was criminal behaviour and not just a mistake and dumb. He´s compared to Hoeness and a normal guy like me and you would now have a criminal record for this behaviour. But not in this case. Nobody´s really complaining much, because Reus was always a reluctant and well-behaving guy in the media. But this is really showing that he got a favorable treatment here..
A lot of people in the social media are calling for the DFB to take a stand and kick him off the german national team for an extended period. As he isn´t in great physical shape at the moment, i don´t see a big problem in this at all. He could take a(nother) year off the german team and someday find his physical shape. DFB will go on as it did in the last year, without him. He may have a chance to earn a roster spot for Euro16, time will tell. What Dortmund will do with him, i don´t know, either let him pay another sum, sit him a few weeks, let him do some social work or nothing at all...But whatever they (BVB) will do, it will probably affect his decision to stay/go next summer a lot. Maybe Bayern already is thinking they don´t want another (semi-)criminal, as Hoeness will be back sometime soon and won´t buy him next summer. We will see...