A COURT IN SPAIN
ON WEDNESDAY SENTENCED BARCELONA STRIKER LIONEL MESSI
AND HIS FATHER TO 21 MONTHS IN JAIL FOR TAX FRAUD AND SLAPPED THEM WITH A FINE
OF 3.7 MILLION EUROS ($4.1 MILLION).
But these prison
sentences are likely to be suspended as is common in Spain for first offences
for non-violent crimes carrying a sentence of less than two years.
The Argentina and
Barcelona star and his father Jorge Horacio Messi
were found guilty of using companies in Belize and Uruguay to avoid paying
taxes on 4.16 million euros of Messi‘s income
earned from his image rights from 2007-09.
The income related to Messi‘s image rights that
was allegedly hidden includes endorsement deals with Banco Sabadell, Danone,
Adidas, Pepsi-Cola, Procter & Gamble and the Kuwait Food Company.
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