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Messi absent as his tax fraud trial opens in Spain
Messi and his father, Jorge Horacio Messi, are accused of using a chain of fake companies in Belize and Uruguay to avoid paying taxes.
Tue May 31 2016
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Lionel Messi tax fraud case: 'I don't know what I sign', football star told judge
Argentina star Lionel Messi, who is due to go on trial in Barcelona for alleged tax fraud, told a judge that he never looks at the contracts he signs.
Mon May 30 2016