Shakira Faces 8 Years In Prison For Tax Fraud
Something tells me Shakira won’t be going to Spain anytime soon. She’s worked in the country over the years (the tax evasion charges stem from when she briefly lived there between 2012 and 2014), but she’s not from there, so I doubt she’ll ever go back now, especially if she’s convicted. Via Yahoo:
Spanish prosecutors want Shakira behind bars. On Friday, the prosecutors in her ongoing criminal tax fraud case told the court that the Colombian superstar should face an eight-year and two-month sentence if she’s convicted of tax fraud.
Shakira is being charged with failing to pay the government $14.5 million euros in taxes between the years 2012 and 2014. After being offered a plea deal earlier this year, Shakira instead opted to move forward with a trial.
The tax fraud charges stem from the allegation that Shakira spent more than half the year of each year in Spain between 2012 and 2014. According to Spain’s tax law, anyone residing in the country for over six months is considered a resident and therefore must pay taxes.
[Yahoo]
Since the 2018 fraud allegations, Shakira has claimed that she already paid the Spanish government 17.2 million euros. A trial date has not yet been set.
