Argentina and Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax fraud, Spanish media say
Barcelona superstar, Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months
in prison after a court in Barcelona found him guilty of three counts of
tax fraud, a statement from the court said on Wednesday.
The court also sentenced the Argentine football player's father,
Jorge, to 21 months in prison for the same three crimes. The sentence
can be appealed through the Spanish supreme court, the statement said.
However, under Spanish law a prison sentence under two years can be
served under probation, meaning Messi and his father are unlikely to go
to jail.
The court ordered Messi to pay a fine of around 2 million euros
($2.21 million) and his father to pay 1.5 million euros for the crimes.
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