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Former Chelsea striker Diego Costa sentenced to six months in prison, fined Sh65 million

Former Chelsea and Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa. [Photo: Courtesy]

Former Chelsea and Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa has been fined €543,208 (Sh65 million) and handed a six-month prison sentence for tax fraud.

Costa pleaded guilty to defrauding the state of more than €1m (Sh121 million) by not declaring payments of more than €5.15m (Sh621 million) from his 2014 transfer from Atletico to Chelsea in the United Kingdom.

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