Messi and father accused of tax fraud in Spain
Posted Wednesday, June 12, 2013 by YAHOO Sport
Barcelona's Argentina forward Lionel Messi and his father have been accused by Spanish tax authorities of defrauding the state of more than four million euros ($5.3 million).
World Player of the Year Messi and his father Jorge allegedly filed fraudulent tax returns for the years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, according to a spokesman for the prosecutor's office for tax crimes in Catalonia. ($1 = 0.7533 euros)
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