After months of speculation that Lionel Messi and his father, Jorge Horacio, might settle their tax case with Spanish authorities, the football superstar has made a “corrective payment.”
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who still enjoys a great deal of popularity among Italians, found out today that his prison sentence on tax fraud charges was upheld by the country’s highest court. His ban on public office remains in question. And Berlusconi awaits the outcomes of at least two other trials. So what’s next?
Attorney Henry Klingeman claims that “Real Housewives of New Jersey” stars Teresa Giudice and Giuseppe “Joe” Giudice are being prosecuted because of their celebrity. Is he right?
Two of the stars of the Bravo television show “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” were charged today in a conspiracy to defraud lenders as well as allegedly hiding assets and income during a bankruptcy case. Teresa and Giuseppe Giudice were charged with 39 counts of various fraud charges; Giuseppe has been charged with tax evasion, as well.
A month after Dolce & Gabbana was found guilty on tax charges, the pair is fighting back. After closing their stores for three days in protest, the designers are making noise about shutting down for good.
A Moscow court has ruled Hermitage Capital Management founder William Browder and his tax advisor and lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, guilty of tax fraud. Magnitsky was found guilty posthumously; he died in prison nearly four years ago. Browder was found guilty in absentia after being forced from the country in 2006.
Goaaaaal! Football phenom, Lionel Messi, has reportedly scored in his battle against the Spanish authorities. The Spanish publication, El Periodico, has announced that the FC Barcelona star has reached an agreement with Spanish tax authorities and will not face tax charges. According to El Periodico, Messi has agreed to pay €15 million ($19,546,500 US) against…
Rapper Fat Joe will serve four months in prison this fall for failing to pay more than $1 million in federal income taxes. U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy Waldor issued the sentence today in a Newark federal court, together with a fine of $15,000. It could have been much worse for the 42-year-old rapper, whose real…
A court date has been set for Spanish football Lionel Messi. The four-time World Player of the Year must appear in a Barcelona court on September 17 to answer to charges of tax fraud. The 26-year-old sports phenom, who hails originally from Argentina, made his debut on the world football stage in Barcelona in 2000…
Are prison stripes the next fall look for Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana? The Italian fashion duo has been found guilty of tax evasion by Judge Antonella Brambilla and sentenced to one year and eight months in prison. Neither Dolce nor Gabbana appeared at the sentencing in Milan and have continued to deny the charges….