Spanish prosecutors want 8-year jail term for Shakira

Spanish prosecutors want 8-year jail term for Shakira

Prosecutors are also asking that the Colombian superstar pay a fine of more than 23 million euros over a 14.5-million-euro tax fraud case.

Prosecutors are accusing the Colombian musician Shakira of defrauding the Spanish tax office out of 14.5 million euros. (AFP pic)
MADRID:
A Spanish prosecutor has asked for more than eight years in prison for Colombian superstar Shakira and a fine of more than 23 million euros over a 14.5-million-euro tax fraud case, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on Friday.

The prosecutor’s office and Shakira’s representatives were not immediately available for comment.

This week the pop star rejected a settlement offer from the prosecutor’s office to close a fraud case in which she is accused of failing to pay taxes between 2012 and 2014, a period in which Shakira says she did not live in Spain.

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