http://www.dw.com/en/lionel-messi-sentenced-to-21-months-in-prison-on-tax-fraud-charges/a-19381528
http://www.dw.com/en/panama-papers-appear-to-shed-light-on-messis-financial-dealings/a-19163173
So, Leonel Messi, the football soccer star, who is considered the world's best player and the best paid, has been sentenced along with his father to 21 months in jail, the sentence can be appealed, however, it's the first high profile conviction over findings exposed in the Mossack Fonseca Panama Papers' scandal
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He is not going to jail over the Panama papers. Yes, he was mentioned in them, but this tax evasion lawsuit has been going on long before the Panama papers came out. He paid the owed taxes and interest in 2013!!
As I understand it, the Panama Papers scandals did him and his father in. His excuse was that his father was managing his wealth, but that added fuel to his fire and now he is facing 21 months in jail. He just had to pay about $2million as he owed money in Spain and Argentina
This lawsuit has gone on for years so no Panama papers had nothing to do with it. He will not go to jail as it is his first offense and the sentence is under two years, he will not serve any time. The $2 million were fines, he already paid back the taxes and interest to Spain in 2013. That shows you that this started way before the Panama papers.
http://www.ibtimes.com/lionel-messi-panama-papers-why-barcelona-sta...
If you read the ibtimes article it talks about two cases. The one he just got convicted for and given 21 months for has nothing to do with the panama papers. They mention that he might face more trouble because if the panama papers but he has not been convicted of those charges yet. Don't glance at a title and make a correlation!!!
Dunno about the website ibtimes, but they are wrong for suggesting the panama papers have anything to do with this. Here you have articles back from 2014 about the same case on reputable websites. La Marca is the largest Spanish paper, yes a football paper and I think you know the BBC???
http://www.marca.com/2014/07/28/en/football/barcelona/1406560914.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29479772
http://www.marca.com/futbol/barcelona/2016/07/06/577cddd9268e3ea142...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34478784
Holland America is right and quite apart from that fact, people like Messi or anyone else on the long Panama Papers lists, if they are charged or end up imprisoned, have that occur from breaking the laws of their own countries.
Should call Hillary she also is connected to the Panama Papers quagmire via her donors and staffers who are on the list of clients and I am guessing she can threaten a few people to get him off!! http://nypost.com/2016/04/17/the-clintons-connection-to-the-panama-...
Yes, she gets away with murder and anything else.... so perhaps