Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi
Spanish prosecutors clear Messi, call for father's arrest on tax fraud
Published
Oct. 6, 2015 11:14 a.m. ET
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MADRID -- Barcelona prosecutors are calling for the arrest of Lionel Messi's father in a tax fraud case.
Prosecutors have cleared Messi of wrongdoing but are seeking an 18-month prison sentence for his father, Jorge Horacio Messi, for allegedly defrauding Spain's tax office of 4 million euros ($4.5 million) in unpaid taxes from 2007-09.
The decision is considered a win for Lionel Messi, who also had been mentioned in the investigation. A Spanish judge had recently rejected an appeal filed by the player's lawyers to drop the Barcelona star from the case.
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In the documents made public on Tuesday, prosecutors also called for a fine of 2 million euros ($2.2 million) for the father of the Argentina playmaker.
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