Famous Singer Shakira Jailed For Tax Fraud

Shakira Waka Waka is being asked to serve an 8-year prison sentence in Spain for tax fraud.

Madrid: Spanish prosecutors have asked the court to sentence well-known singer Gloria Waka Waka Shakira to eight years in prison for tax fraud.

International media reports that Colombian singer Shakira is charged with tax fraud after it is alleged that she stole $15 million in taxes between 2012 and 2014.

If Shakira is found guilty, the public prosecutors have asked the judge to sentence her to 8 years in prison. The artist is accused in this regard in a total of six counts, according to the prosecutors. Shakira turned down the proposal.

Shakira's reaction was that she had been falsely charged and had paid all income taxes, including fines.

Shakira is being asked to serve an 8-year prison sentence in Spain for tax fraud.

The court must now choose whether to convene a trial and establish a date for it.

Barcelona: Following Shakira's rejection of a plea agreement on charges of tax evasion, Spanish prosecutors announced Friday that they would seek a prison term of more than eight years for the international music icon.

The 45-year-old "Hips don't Lie" singer will also be required to pay a fine of over 24 million euros ($24.5 million) after being accused by Barcelona prosecutors of defrauding the Spanish tax authority of 14.5 million euros in income between 2012 and 2014.

                                           

Shakira, whose albums have sold more than 60 million copies worldwide, rejected a plea deal on Wednesday, saying in a statement released through her attorneys that she was "absolutely certain of her innocence" and had chosen to take the case to trial, "confident" that her innocence would be established.

Shakira, according to the prosecution, relocated to Spain in 2011 after her relationship with FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique became well-known, yet she continued to file her taxes in the Bahamas until 2015. The two children that the couple has together announced their separation in June.

The actress criticised the prosecutor's office on Wednesday for using "abusive methods" and "completely violating her rights."

She said that while she was "not yet resident in Spain," prosecutors "insisted on demanding money earned during my foreign tours and the show 'The Voice,'" on which she served as a judge in the United States.

Between 2013 and 2014, Shakira appeared on the singing competition programme.

Her attorneys claim that up until 2014, she mostly made her money from overseas tours, only permanently relocated to Spain in 2015, and has complied with all tax requirements.

She claims that she has paid 17.2 million euros in taxes to the Spanish government and that she hasn't owed the Treasury anything in "many years."