Colombian singer Shakira acquitted of tax fraud in Spain

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombian-singer-shakira-acquitted-tax-fraud-spain-2026-05-18/

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teegus@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 108d

She was aquitted for 2011, still guilty for 2012-2014.

ataraxya@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 108d (1 reply)
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Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 107d
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REDACTED@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 108d
ranzispa@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 105d

set a precedent for "thousands of ordinary citizens who are abused and crushed every day by a system that presumes them guilty and forces them ⁠to prove their innocence"

Not often am I abused by the government in paying 14 millions in taxes which I had forgot to file. I think I'll be fine even without this precedent.