Tax evasion by 4.1 million euro – L’Unione Sarda

The Argentine champion Barcelona will be tried together with his father: he would not shed the image rights in the period 2007-2009.

Lionel Messi indicted for tax fraud amounting to 4.1 million euro. The national Gava has in fact rejected the appeal of Barcelona’s Argentine ace, believing that the player was aware of the activities of his father Jorge Horacio, who is his agent and handles all his economic activities. According to the court, in particular, is “a subjective opinion” that put forward by the defense. That is, that Messi was “on the edge of economic management, contractual and tax the revenue it generated” and that it was only the father to take care of everything. Already in July was rejected the request to dismiss filed by the lawyers of the attacker of the Catalan team. The investigation concerns the image rights of the player are not declared to the tax authorities Iberian for the period 2007-2009.