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Spain prosecutor says not opposed to lifting prison sentence for Messi

[PHOTO: COURTESY]

The Barcelona state prosecutor said on Friday it was not opposed to substituting a 21-month prison sentence for a fine for tax fraud handed down to soccer player Lionel Messi, as long as the fine was the maximum allowed under law.

The maximum fine would be 255,500 euros ($285,164), Reuters calculations showed, on top of a nearly 2 million euro fine handed down as part of last year's sentence.

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