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The Supreme Court ratifies the condemnation of Messi for 21 months in jail for tax fraud
The Supreme Court considers Lionel Messi the author of three tax offenses. The High Court has confirmed the sentence of 21 months in jail imposed last July by the  Barcelona hearing to the FC Barcelona forward for defrauding 4.1 million euros to the Treasury during the years 2007, 2008 and 2009, not having taxed in Spain revenues of 10.1 million earned by the image rights of the striker during that period.
To the father of the player, Jorge Horacio Messi, condemned as a necessary cooperator, the Supreme Court reduces the penalty of 21 to 15 months in prison by applying the mitigation of damages because his son (to whom the Catalan court did apply this attenuation) To Treasury the money defrauded. Being a sentence less than two years and lacking the player and his father of criminal records, the Barcelona hearing can suspend the entry into prison of Leo Messi. VOCABULARY: Tax fraud is the illegal evasion of taxes by individuals, corporations, and trusts. Tax evasion often entails taxpayers deliberately misrepresenting the true state of their affairs to the tax authorities to reduce their tax liability and includes dishonest tax reporting, such as declaring less income, profits or gains than the amounts actually earned, or overstating deductions.