They however won’t spent any time behind bars due to their clean criminal record.
Lionel Messi and his father were found to have evaded tax on Lionel’s image rights, owing more than €4m.
The Court of Catalonia has now taken action and now sentenced the both of them to just under two years in prison.
However, as the sentence is short of two years, and neither Lionel nor Jorge have a criminal record, they won’t be required to serve any jail time.
Leo Messi had argued that he wasn’t aware of the tax arrangements set in place by his father and other advisors.
The defendants can appeal to the supreme court, the Barcelona local court said in its statement. Messi and his father had already paid €5m to the tax authorities as a “corrective” measure after formal investigations were opened.
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