The Colombian artist receives a new accusation while she still has a pending trial for allegedly defrauding 14.5 million euros.
Shakira faces new problems with the Spanish treasury. The Prosecutor’s Office accuses the Colombian of having defrauded the Treasury more than 6 million euros in personal income tax returns and the 2018 estate tax.
The Prosecutor’s Office assures that Shakira used a corporate network based in tax havens to do so.
This is what the public ministry maintains in the complaint it filed 3 months ago against the Colombian artist -already notified to her home in Miami-, which has given rise to a court in Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona) to open a second case against her. , for two crimes against the Public Treasury.
The alleged companies used by Shakira to reduce her tax obligations were established in several countries, including Luxembourg, Holland, Malta, Virgin Islands, Panama, Bahamas, United States and Liechtenstein. The prosecutor states that Some of these companies lacked real activity and only existed to manage the singer’s income and expenses.
Shakira will be judged on November 20
Shakira will be tried starting next November 20 in the Barcelona Court for defrauding 14.5 million euros between 2012 and 2014, in another case that was also initiated by a complaint from the Barcelona Economic Crimes Prosecutor’s Office.
On this occasion, the public ministry proposes in its complaint that the Colombian artist can declare herself under investigation by videoconference from her home in the United States.
Source: Ambito
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