Messi Sentenced 21month imprisonment for Tax fraud.

The barcelona football star Messi has been handed a jail term by a spanish court. He will therefore be spending time behind bars.

Messi has been handed a 21yr imprisonment for tax fraud but he is unlikely to serve time in prison.
Any sentence under two years can be suspended by the spanish law, meaning Messi is expected to avoid spending a day behing bars according to widespread sports.
Messi, one of the world highest paid footballer was tried alongside his father, Jorge Horacio Messi for deceiving spain tax authority of €4.1m between 2007 and 2009.
The 29yr old was accused of creating a number of fake companies Belize ad Uruguay to avoid taxation on his image lucrative rights.
Mesii claimed he never suspected any wrong doings about his financial affairs but the court has found both he and his father guilty in the crime.
Jorge has been given the same sentence but both can appeal through the Supreme court.
Source: Goal

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