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Barcelona's Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months in prison and fined 2 million euros ($2.2 million) after being found guilty of three counts of tax fraud, a court in the Spanish city said on Wednesday. 巴塞罗那地方法院周三宣判，来自阿根廷的巴萨球星里奥•梅西因三项偷逃税款的指控，被判21个月监禁，并处罚金200万欧元（220万美元）。 The court handed the same jail sentence to the Argentine soccer player's father, Jorge, and fined him 1.5 million euros. However, in Spain it is customary that those sentenced to under two years for non-violent crimes do not serve time in jail. 这位阿根廷足球运动员的父亲豪尔赫也获刑21个月，罚款150万欧元。然而，依据西班牙的惯例，非暴力犯罪且监禁期不足两年的人不必入狱服刑。 Messi, 29, and his father were accused by the Spanish tax office of defrauding the government of 4.2 million euros ($4.7 million) in tax between 2007 and 2009. 西班牙税务部门指控现年29岁的梅西及其父亲在2007至2009年间偷逃国家税款420万欧元（470万美元）。 | 
