Thursday, October 8, 2015

Leo Messi could spend time behind bars

Source: Marca

The Spanish State Legal Service has called forLeo Messito serve a 22-month prison sentence for tax offences committed between 2007 and 2009.
According to reports by El País, the State Legal Service acknowledges in its statement that Messi is "no expert" in tax matters, but claims that he "could not be unaware" that a significant portion of his income from the use of his image rights came from companies in tax havens such as Uruguay and Belize.

In contrast with public prosecutors, the State Legal Service - which represents the interests of the Tax Agency - is of the opinion that both the Barcelona striker and his father, Jorge Horacio Messi, should stand trial.
The investigating judge in Gavà (Barcelona) has issued an order to proceed to trial which will place both father and son in the dock.
Messi, whose trial will be overseen by a criminal judge from Vilanova i la Geltrú (also in the province of Barcelona), will sit in the dock alongside his father, in spite of the request by prosecutors that the charges against the footballer be dropped because he was oblivious to the fraudulent actions committed by his father.

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