Messi, father face laundering charges in Argentina

Barcelona star, Lionel Messi will have to answer questions from a judge, along with his father for money laundering, in Argentina.

According to a report by La Nacion, Messi and his father, Jorge, will be cited by judge Gustavo Meirovich to answer on their alleged involvement in a money laundering scheme from donations made in Argentina to the player’s foundation.

According to La Nación’s report, a former employee of the foundation came to declare that there were some illegal transfers made on behalf of the foundation, which did not always use the money it received to give it back to the community.

This is not the first time in which Messi’s foundation is being investigated. A couple of years ago, a probe was conducted in Spain to investigate Messi’s involvement in a scheme that had him playing friendly games around the world under the name “Messi and Friends.”

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Proceedings of those games were supposed to benefit the foundation, but the whereabouts of the money were never clarified.