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Barcelona star Lionel Messi sentenced to 21 months in jail for duty misrepresentation

Barcelona's Argentine football star Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months in jail and fined €2 million (NZ$3.1 million) in the wake of being discovered blameworthy of three numbers of duty extortion.


Messi's dad, Jorge, was additionally sentenced to 21 months in jail, yet a littler fine of €1.5 million (NZ$2.3 million). Both respondents have five days to speak to the incomparable court, the Barcelona court said in its announcement made at sentencing on Wednesday (NZT Thursday).

Spanish law is such that any sentence under two years for a peaceful wrongdoing once in a while requires a respondent without past feelings to serve correctional facility time. A representative for the court affirmed Messi was unrealistic to be detained.


Messi, 29, and his dad, duped the Spanish duty office of practically €4.2 million (NZ$6.5 million) somewhere around 2007 and 2009 by utilizing a web of shell organizations to dodge charges on salary from the player's picture rights, the court said in a composed running the show.

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