Barcelona star Lionel Messi and his father accused of £3.4m tax fraud

Barcelona star Lionel Messi has been accused of defrauding £3.4million all the way through false income tax profits in Spain. The state prosecutor has taken feat against the footballer and his father, Jorge Horacio Messi.

Both are accused of three offences alongside the public pucker for supposedly defrauding millions on income tax profits for 2007, 2008 and 2009. The grievance, signed by prosecutor Raquel Amado, was submitted for audition at the court in Gava, the up market Barcelona community where the Argentina forward lives.

A judge must agree to the prosecutor's court case before charges can be bringing against Lionel Messi and his father. The footballing star released a report denying any unlawful activity. Reports emerged today alleging the four-time reigning World Player of the Year and his father, Jorge Horacio, were alleged of filing deceitful tax profits between 2007 and 2009.

The 25-year-old Argentinean, at present on global duty in South America, summarily insisted he had done nothing incorrect in a report on his official Facebook page. It read: 'We have just known through the media about the claim filed by the Spanish tax authorities. 'We have always fulfilled all our tax obligations, following the advice of our tax consultants, who will take care of clarifying this situation.'

Lionel Messi arrived at the Nou Camp as a 13-year-old in 2000, made his first-team debut three years afterward and has gone on to set up himself as one of football's most excellent ever players. Lionel Messi has won six Primera Division titles, three Champions League crowns and two FIFA Club World Cups with the Catalan giants and in 2012 netted record 86 goals for club and country.

Lionel Messi signed a two-year agreement expansion with Barcelona in February which keeps him at the club through June 2018 - when he will be 31. Lionel Messi joined Barcelona when he was 13, and completes his debut with the first team three years later.

Spain has been furious down on tax avoidance as it fights to revamp the country's public funds in the middle of downturn and the fall down of its once-booming real estate sector. Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro warned footballers in April they ought to create sure they are 'comfortable' with their tax dealings.

 Source: Dailymail