Messi's Spanish jail sentence for tax fraud to stand
In its decision on Wednesday, the court said: It defies logic to concede that someone who earns a large income does not know that he must pay taxes on it.
Both men were originally convicted of three counts of fraud, for using tax havens in Belize and Uruguay between 2007 and 2009, and were also given heavy fines.
They were found guilty of resorting to fictitious companies to evade Spanish taxes on income from companies using Lionel Messi's image rights
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