Friday, 27 September 2013

Football legend Lionel Messi arrives in court for tax fraud case (Pic)

Four-time FIFA footballer of the year Lionel Messi and his father Jorge arrived in a Spanish court this morning Friday September 27th to answer charges of alleged tax fraud. Messi and his father are being accused of hiding over £3.4 million by filing incomplete tax returns from 2006 to 2009.

The charges against father and son was lodged by a state prosecutor in June 2013 claiming that they tried to conceal earnings from Messi's image rights - charges they both deny.

"I never take care of that (tax) stuff myself and neither does my father," Messi said in July. "We have our lawyers and our wealth managers to take care of that and we trust them and they will sort this out. The truth is I don’t have a clue about all this and that is why we have people taking care of it."
Messi has already paid the Spanish authorities the unpaid tax he's owing plus interest (he paid £4.2m) but because tax fraud is a serious offense in Spain, he still has to make an appearance in court where the courts will determine whether the case is pursued any further. Hopefully it will all end today!

5 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:01 pm

    Barca thief thief,Messi ole!

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  2. Anonymous6:25 pm

    Bad belle people, Ronaldo can not be close to Messi!

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  3. As I have said before Tax evasion is such a serious crime but of course,not in Nigeria which's why I like it there.
    No wonder these rappers buy all sorts of expensive jewelry so Uncle Sam won't deep his long hands into their bank accounts cos that's what happens if the money just sits there.
    Goodluck to Messi in court and maybe other celebs would learn to take time out of their busy schedules to check their financial records themselves whether they have an expert for that or not.

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  4. Anonymous8:17 pm

    I pray he is innocent

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  5. Anonymous8:19 pm

    Nawa ooooo upon all d moni Wey messi get.......

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