Why Shakira Could Go To Jail

If you are a hard core fan of Shakira as myself (at least I used to be), you know one of her first albums was “Dónde están los ladrones?” Well, apparently…she knows a thing or two about ladrones!

On Wednesday, the Spanish Tax Agency sent a new report to the court in which it confirms that the singer Shakira defrauded €14.5 million (£12,568,875.42) to the Treasury between 2012 and 2014. Her hips might not lie, but she certainly was not allegedly truthful about her earnings, and hid them through a network of companies domiciled in the Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Malta, Panama and Luxembourg.

In December 2018, the Spanish Prosecutor’s Office filed a complaint against the singer and her tax advisor in the United States, accusing them of six crimes against the Public Treasury for creating a “plan” to pay neither personal income tax nor wealth tax, using a network of companies based in tax havens in order to hide the earnings.

Facing a possible vacation behind bars, Shakira has already returned the 14.5 million to the Tax Agency, plus the corresponding debts and interests, but insists that on the dates presented she had no obligation to pay taxes in Spain, as she only made occasional visits due to her romantic relationship with her current partner, the FC Barcelona footballer, Gerard Piqué.

However, the inspector who followed the case, knows that Shakira received private French lessons, that her zumba teacher was called Betsie, that she got her hair done twice a week at a Barcelona trending Salon, and that her expenses at El Corte Inglés, restaurants and hotels were paid by her assistants using American Express credit cards. She also discovered that when she went to the Teknon medical center where her children were born, she did so under the pseudonym of Sila Prieto.

This story is still developing – check back for updates.