Arda Turan, former captain of the Turkish nationwide workforce and present head coach of Eyüpspor, has been sentenced to at least one yr in jail for tax evasion throughout his tenure as a soccer participant in Spain in 2015 and 2016.
The verdict was handed down by the thirteenth Criminal Court of Barcelona. Turan was accused of evading taxes from the Spanish Tax Office in these years. He obtained six months for every offense, totaling one yr in jail.
Turan, who accepted the decision and opted for a settlement, has already paid the fines of 303,162 euros ($330,000) for 2015 and 330,000 euros for 2016. The remaining 617,773 euros shall be paid in six installments.
Moreover, the sentence has been suspended for 2 years on the situation that Turan doesn’t commit any additional offenses, that means he is not going to serve time in jail.
According to the doc ready by the prosecutor, Turan didn’t declare his private revenue and evaded tax funds in Spain regardless of being a taxpayer for private revenue tax in Spain and incomes vital revenue in 2015.
Turan performed for Atletico Madrid from 2011 to 2015 and Barcelona from 2015 to 2018.
Several world-renowned footballers have confronted related penalties in Spain lately.
Lionel Messi was fined 2 million euros, Cristiano Ronaldo accepted an 18.7 million euro advantageous, and different gamers like Marcelo, Fabio Coentrao, Luka Modric and Angel Di Maria additionally obtained penalties for tax evasion.
Radamel Falcao, who performed for Galatasaray from 2019 to 2021, obtained a 9 million euro advantageous for a similar offense throughout his time at Atletico Madrid.
None of the gamers listed, together with Turan, served time in jail, as their sentences had been lower than two years.
Source: www.dailysabah.com