Barcelona`s Argentina forward Messi, and his father, have been accused by Spanish tax authorities of defrauding the state of more than four million euros, accoridng to Reuters

The four time Ballon D'or winner, Messi, and his father Jorge, had reportedly filed fraudulent tax returns between 2006-2009, according to the prosecutor's office for tax crimes in Catalonia. These reports come at a time of grave economic struggle in Spain, where over 6 million people are unemployed.

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