Lionel Messi
has had his 21-month prison sentence for tax fraud lifted and exchanged for a
€250,000 fine.
The
Argentina international and his father, Jorge Horacio, were found guilty of
three counts of tax fraud last July, with the pair failing to pay €4.1 million
owed from image rights.
Neither has
spent time in prison, however, with Spanish law dictating that any defendants
without previous convictions serve sentences of under two years on probation.
That period
has now ended, with both men having had their sentences lifted and exchanged
for fines.
Messi's
father, who was originally sentenced to 15 months in prison, will now be forced
to pay €180,000.
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