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Angel Di Maria fined £1.76million and sentenced to one year in prison after admitting tax fraud... though former Manchester United star is unlikely to spend any time behind bars

Daily Mail | June 21, 2017

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Angel Di Maria has been handed a one-year prison sentence and fined £1.76 million after admitting tax fraud.

The former Manchester United star admitted to two separate counts of fraud which each carry a six-month sentence.

Now with Paris Saint-Germain, Di Maria was found guilty of defrauding the Spanish government a sum of £1.14m during his time at Real Madrid between 2010 and 2014.

PSG star Angel Di Maria has been handed a one-year prison sentence and fined u00a31.76m
PSG star Angel Di Maria has been handed a one-year prison sentence and fined £1.76m
The former Manchester United star admitted to two separate counts of fraud - however he is unlikely to spend time behind bars as sentences under two years for those with no previous convictions are often suspended
The former Manchester United star admitted to two separate counts of fraud - however he is unlikely to spend time behind bars as sentences under two years for those with no previous convictions are often suspended

However, the 29-year-old is unlikely to spend any time behind bars.

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