Lionel Messi Sentenced to 21 Months Jail Term For Tax Fraud
Lionel Messi, Barcelona and Argentina football great, has been sentenced to 21 months jail term for tax fraud, according to Spanish media reports.
Lionel Messi, Barcelona and Argentina football great, has been sentenced to 21 months jail term for tax fraud, according to Spanish media reports.
Messi, 28, and his father, Jorge Horacio Messi, are accused of using a chain of fake companies in Belize and Uruguay to avoid paying taxes on 4.16 million euros (USD 4.7 million) of the football star's income earned through the sale of his image rights from 2007-09.
"My dad handled the cash," Messi said in September 2013 when he was questioned by a judge investigating the case at a court in Gavia, a town on the outskirts of Barcelona where the footballer lives.
He reportedly told the judge at that hearing that he never looks at the contracts he signs.
"I signed things, but I never look at the contracts. I don't know what I sign," Messi said according to the El Periodico daily, which got access to his September 2013 statement to the judge.
Lionel Messi, Barcelona and Argentina football great, has been sentenced to 21 months jail term for tax fraud, according to Spanish media reports.
Lionel Messi, Barcelona and Argentina football great, has been sentenced to 21 months jail term for tax fraud, according to Spanish media reports.
Messi, 28, and his father, Jorge Horacio Messi, are accused of using a chain of fake companies in Belize and Uruguay to avoid paying taxes on 4.16 million euros (USD 4.7 million) of the football star's income earned through the sale of his image rights from 2007-09.
"My dad handled the cash," Messi said in September 2013 when he was questioned by a judge investigating the case at a court in Gavia, a town on the outskirts of Barcelona where the footballer lives.
He reportedly told the judge at that hearing that he never looks at the contracts he signs.
"I signed things, but I never look at the contracts. I don't know what I sign," Messi said according to the El Periodico daily, which got access to his September 2013 statement to the judge.
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