Almost landed in jail. Diego Costa escaped with a fine
Striker of the club of Madrid “Atletico” Diego Costa sat in the dock in Spain. He faces 6 months in prison for tax evasion.
However, the serving of punishment, under the terms of an agreement with prosecutors, going to be replaced by the payment of a fine in the amount of 543 thousand euros. The player has already paid the amount of outstanding taxes in the amount of 1.1 million euros in the asset of the Spanish Treasury.
Diego Costa has asked the leadership of Madrid “Atletico” to help with the payment of the fine and the club has given him an advance. The footballer is accused that has not paid taxes for the profit from the sale of image rights during the sponsorship deals in 2014, when he still played for Chelsea.
Earlier it was reported that Diego Costa has a little accidentwhen I decided to practice karting at the pool.
