Messi Ajukan Banding, Pengadilan Spanyol Menolak
Spanish Judge Rejects Messi`s Appeal Against Alleged Tax Evasion
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Barcelona (B2B) - Pengadilan Spanyol menolak banding yang diajukan penyerang Argentina dan Barcelona Lionel Messi terhadap tuntutan penghindaran pajak yang dikenakan terhadapnya.
Jaksa penuntut umum Spanyol pada Juni berpendapat bahwa ayah Messi, Jorge, bertanggung jawab terhadap keuangan keluarga dan bukan peraih penghargaan Pemain Terbaik Dunia sebanyak empat kali itu.
Bagaimanapun pengadilan Spanyol memutuskan bahwa Lionel Messi mengetahui dan menyetujui pembuatan situs untuk perusahaan-perusahaan terselubung, yang diduga digunakan untuk menghindari pajak-pajak pemasukan dari hak-hak citra, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Banding terhadap keputusan itu telah ditolak, menurut dokumen-dokumen yang dipublikasi pada Jumat.
Messi dan ayahnya dituding merugikan negara Spanyol sebesar lebih dari empat juta euro. Mereka telah menolak tudingan melakukan hal yang keliru.
Barcelona - A Spanish court has rejected an appeal lodged by Argentina and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi against his prosecution for alleged tax evasion.
Spain's public prosecutor argued in June that Messi's father Jorge was responsible for the family's finances and not the four-times World Player of the Year.
A court in Barcelona decided, however, Lionel Messi could have known about and approved the creation of a web of shell companies that were allegedly used to evade taxes due on income from image rights.
The appeal against that decision has been rejected, according to court documents published on Friday.
Messi and his father have been accused of defrauding the Spanish state of more than 4 million euros (5 million US dollars). They have denied wrongdoing.