Lionel Messi gets suspended jail term for tax fraud

Barcelona's Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi (L) sits in court with his father Jorge Horacio Messi during their trial for tax fraud in Barcelona, Spain, on June 2, 2016. (Reuters)

A court in Spain has given Barcelona striker Lionel Messi a 21-month jail term for tax fraud.

The court found both the Argentinean superstar and his father guilty of three counts of defrauding Spain's tax office of €4.1 million.

The Barcelona court also fined Messi €2 million and his father €1.5 million for using tax havens in Belize and Uruguay.

Under Spanish law prison terms under two years are suspended, meaning that neither of the two will go to prison.


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