Samuel Eto'o Charged With Alleged Tax Crimes While At Barcelona, Faces 10 Years Imprisonment

Samuel Eto'o has been charged with alleged tax crimes while at Barcelona. The striker supposedly defrauded Spanish tax authority of almost £3.2m.

Spanish prosecutors are seeking a prison term of more than 10 years for former Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o for alleged tax crimes committed when he played for the Catalan club.

Prosecutors are also demanding a fine of $15.1 million (£12million) for the four counts of tax fraud for supposedly defrauding Spain's tax authority of almost $4m (£3.2m) from 2006-09.

Prosecutors are seeking the same punishment for the player's representative at the time, Jose Maria Mesalles Mata.

In July, Lionel Messi and his father were sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax fraud, although they were not sent to jail because sentences of less than two years for first offences are usually suspended in Spain.

Culled from DailyMail