Messi guilty of €4.1m tax fraud but will not go to jail

Barcelona and Argentina footballer Lionel Messi and his father have been given suspended prison sentences of 21 months for tax fraud.

Messi guilty of €4.1m tax fraud but will not go to jail
Thu, 07 Jul, 2016 - 01:00
Ciaran Giles

The Barcelona court found both the soccer star and his father, Jorge Horacio Messi, guilty of three counts of defrauding the tax department to the tune of €4.1m.

In Spain, sentences of less than two years for first offences are suspended, meaning neither man will go to jail.

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