14.7m euros tax fraud: Cristiano Ronaldo accused of defrauding authorities

Cristiano Ronaldo will be charged to court by Spanish authorities for tax evasion - He is accused by Spain’s prosecutor’s office of defrauding the authorities of the sum of €14.7m - Ronaldo had used a "business structure" created in 2010 to hide his income in Spain Spain’s prosecutor’s office in Madrid have filed a tax fraud lawsuit against Cristiano Ronaldo accusing the attacker of defrauding the Spanish tax authorities out of €14.7m. The Real Madrid man reportedly used a "business structure" created in 2010 to hide his income in Spain from his image rights.

In a statement from the prosecutor's office Ronaldo did not pay taxes worth €14.7million The lawsuit is based on a report sent to the prosecutor's office from Spain's tax agency AEAT, it said.

Ronaldo used 'the Beckham law' - which allows foreign sportsperson to pay 24.75% income tax, rather than the 48% applied to Spanish nationals to evade his taxes. Despite the law in income for imports, athletes must still, however, pay taxes on other income earned in Spain.