Ex-Chelsea Striker, Diego Costa Handed 6-Month Prison Sentence And Slapped With £482k Fine By Spanish Authorities In Tax Fraud Case (Photos)
Chelsea FC former striker,
Diego Costa has just made an appearance at a court in Madrid today, June 4th
to ratify a deal he made with some Spanish prosecutors to resolve a case of tax
fraud which was leveled against him.
According to reports, he
was sentenced to 6 months in prison which he will not serve actually and a
total fine of £543,000 after he had defrauded the Spanish state of more than (£900,000)
back in 2014.
In the file of case which
was published last month, the 31 year old did not declare payment of over (£4.4m)
from the 2014 transfer from Atletico Maddrid to Chelsea in his tax return as
well as more than (£900,000) in image rights.
Because Spanish laws does
not allow penal sentences below two years for non-violent crimes and can be exchanged
to financial penalties, Diego Costa has accepted to pay an additional (£32,000)
to the (£450,000) in order to avoid going to prison.
Diego Costa has now been
added to the list of football stars like Lionel Messi, ex-Real Madrid Manager
Jose Mourinho and even Cristiano Ronaldo, who have been involved in a tax
fraud. None of them has served a jail time but had paid a huge fine.
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