Get a free Gigulate account now

Join Gigulate,
it's free!

Start tracking your favourite bands and get access to automagical music news!

Shakira Takes Deal In Spanish Tax Fraud Case, Agrees To Pay Millions In Fines

Last year, Spanish authorities charged Shakira with defrauding the government claiming that she owed 14.5 million euros in unpaid takes from 2012 to 2014. The government claimed that she spent half of her time living in Barcelona during those years but that she hadn’t paid any takes, and prosecutors sought an eight-year prison sentence and a fine of 24 million euros. Shakira said that the charges were “false accusations,” and then the government hit her with another round of charges. Sh...

Read full article Share article

2 stories in this thread

Order thread by:
Importance
Date published

02:28 on November 21 2023

Shakira Takes Deal In Spanish Tax Fraud Case, Agrees To Pay Millions In Fines

Stereogum — Last year, Spanish authorities charged Shakira with defrauding the government claiming that she owed 14.5 million euros in unpaid takes from 2012 to 2014. The governme... more info

Shakira

02:55 on November 21 2023

Shakira Settles $15 Million Tax Fraud Case on First Day of Trial

Consequence Of Sound — She was facing eight years in prison after being charged with failing to pay the Spanish government $15 million in taxes between 2012 and 2014. Shakira Settles $15 Milli... more info

Shakira