José Mourinho has joined the list of shame and now has to pay a €2 million fine in order to stay out of Spanish jail
Mourinho accepted a one-year prison sentence and a €2-million fine for defrauding the Spanish Tax Agency back in 2011 and 2012 costing the taxman €1.6 million and €1.7 million respectively.
On Tuesday, Mourinho turned up in court in Madrid to accept the sentence.
The football coach set up Koper Services SA in the British Virgin Islands to hide profits from the sale of his image rights.
Mourinho was sentenced to six months in prison for each of the crimes, and must pay a 60% fine on the amounts he should have paid to the taxman. He also has to pay the legal costs of the case.
The one-year-prison sentence has been substituted for a fine of €172,800 as first-time offenders handed jail sentences of under two years are allowed to pay their way to continued freedom.
Two weeks ago, Cristoiano Rolando accepted a 23-month jail sentence plus an €18.8-million fine for tax fraud. Last year, Lionel Messi and his father received jail sentences and fines for tax offences.
