Shakira paid the court her fine for tax fraud
The renowned Colombian singer, Shakira, has made a deposit of 6.6 million euros before a court
Shakira made a deposit of 6.6 million euros before a court, responding to accusations of tax fraud in 2018. This case marks the second case opened against the artist for alleged crimes against the Spanish Treasury.
Legal sources reported that the Colombian singer handed over the aforementioned sum last August in an investigative court located in Esplugues de Llobregat, near Barcelona (Spain). While she waits for the magistrate’s summons to declare herself as under investigation in this second instance, the deposit made could allow her to benefit from a mitigating circumstance for reparation of damage in the event of being convicted again for tax fraud.
El Periódico de Catalunya announced that this mitigating circumstance was key in the agreement reached by the artist last Monday with the Prosecutor’s Office and the private accusations. This agreement prevented her from going to prison in the first trial for tax fraud in Spain, committing to pay a million-dollar fine. In said trial, Shakira accepted a fine of close to 7.8 million euros and acknowledged having defrauded the Treasury of 14.5 million between 2012 and 2014. Despite the three-year prison sentence for six tax crimes, she will not have to fulfill it thanks to the payment agreement.
It should be noted that, even before the Prosecutor’s Office filed her complaint, Shakira had already returned the 14.5 million defrauded to the Treasury, although this gesture did not stop the criminal actions taken by the public ministry.
K. Tovar
Source: UnionRadio
(Referential image source: X, @ShakiraKingdom)
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