Four-time winner of the “Golden ball” found guilty of tax evasion.
According to the Agency “Reuters”, Messi and his father Jorge Horacio sentenced to 21 months in prison. The fact Messi’s lasted since 2013, when the star forward of “Barcelona” has received allegations of tax evasion in the amount of 4.1 million euros.
The investigation revealed that the father of Messi, resorting to the services of the Uruguayan lawyers, created an offshore Panamanian company “Mega Star Enterprises”. With the help of this scheme and hiding the proceeds from the sale of image rights.
Initially, the prosecution requested a prison sentence only for the father of Messi, as the player himself was not involved in the management of their financial flows. However, the prosecution has been able to insist on a reciprocal sentence for the father and the Messi – at 21 months of imprisonment.
According to the Spanish laws, the first attraction in the case of tax evasion and a period not exceeding two years, or lead to the departure prison sentence. Thus, the Messi family will be limited to only large fine – 3.5 million euros.
Earlier, Lionel Messi, trying to hush up the case against him, paid to the Spanish Treasury ten million euros. As it turned out, from justice player left.
