Carlo Ancelotti handed prison sentence in Spain for tax fraud | OneFootball

The coach of the Brazilian National Team, Carlo Ancelotti, has been sentenced to one year in prison in Spain for tax fraud.

The news was released this Wednesday (9) by the Spanish news agency EFE.

He was found guilty due to a tax fraud that would have been committed in 2014, while he was coaching Real Madrid, for not paying taxes on income from image rights received.

According to g1, defendants with no prior records rarely have to serve time in closed regime for sentences less than two years for non-violent crimes in Spain.

The Italian was also fined 368.3 thousand euros and lost the possibility of obtaining public aids or subsidies and the right to enjoy benefits or tax or social security incentives for three years in Spain.

On the other hand, Ancelotti was acquitted of a similar charge in 2015.

The trial took place on April 2 and 3, in Madrid.

In it, the coach stated that he never intended to commit the crime and that he did what the club and his advisors directed.

According to EFE, the Spanish Public Ministry accused him of defrauding the Treasury by just over a million euros in the fiscal years of 2014 (386,361 euros) and 2015 (675,718 euros).

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