Barcelona and Argentina football wizard Lionel Messi has been slammed with a 21-month jail term for tax evasion.
According to the BBC and Spanish media outlets, Messi along with his father Jorge Messi was sentenced to a jail term for defrauding Spain of €4.1m (£3.2m; $4.6m) between 2007 and 2009.
During the trial, prosecutors said tax havens in Belize and Uruguay were used to conceal earnings from image rights.
Lionel Messi however, said he had no idea of his finances and was unaware of any fraud.
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