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Barcelona soccer player Messi loses appeal in tax fraud trial

Reuters , Wednesday 24 May 2017

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Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi celebrates Barcelona's third goal (AFP)

Spain's Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by Barcelona soccer star Lionel Messi and stood by a Catalan regional court's 21-month prison sentence for tax fraud, court documents showed.

Messi was found guilty by a Catalan court last July on three counts of tax fraud between 2007 and 2009.

Messi's lawyer was not immediately available for comment.

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