Goal.com · Jun 23, 2017
Barcelona superstar Messi's prison sentence swapped for fine
The Argentina international's 21-month prison sentence for tax fraud is to be swapped with a fine reported to be €255,000
Spain's public prosecutor has agreed to substitute Lionel Messi's suspended 21-month prison sentence for tax fraud with a fine.
The Barcelona superstar was given the jail term last July after being found guilty - alongside his father Jorge - of three counts of tax fraud.
It was ruled that Messi, between 2007 and 2009, defrauded Spain of €4.1million relating to earnings from image rights.