MESSI OF BARCELONA TO APPEAL 21 MONTHS IN JAIL
One Wednesday, according to Barcelona website, a court in Spain sentenced Barcelona star Lionel Messi and his father Jorge Horacio Messi , for defrauding Spain of about $4.5 million worth of tax payment.
Both father and child have been absconding tax payment for two years, between 2007-2009. They were avoiding tax payment earned from companies in Uruguay and Belize who were using Messi's image for advertisement.
Messi earns about 4.16 million euros, and have refused to made it known and have been earning the income secretly. The court in Spain have found him guilty and have sent him and his father to 21 months in jail and to fine a fine of around $4.1 million.
But Lionel have said that he will be appealing the case has he thinks the jugement was unfair.
Both father and child have been absconding tax payment for two years, between 2007-2009. They were avoiding tax payment earned from companies in Uruguay and Belize who were using Messi's image for advertisement.
Messi earns about 4.16 million euros, and have refused to made it known and have been earning the income secretly. The court in Spain have found him guilty and have sent him and his father to 21 months in jail and to fine a fine of around $4.1 million.
But Lionel have said that he will be appealing the case has he thinks the jugement was unfair.
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