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Neymar Serving Jail Time for Spanish Fraud Case ‘Very Improbable’: Lawyer

Posted on by Judith E. Ashton

Brazilian soccer star Neymar is currently on trial for fraud and corruption charges that prosecutors are hoping will result in a two-year prison sentence, but one lawyer claims that outcome to be unlikely.

In 2013, Neymar—whose full name is Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior—transferred from the Brazilian soccer club Santos to play for Barcelona, ​​before leaving in 2017 to play for his current team, Paris Saint-Germain. However, during the transfer from Santos to Barcelona, ​​a Brazilian investment firm called DIS claims that it owned a 40 percent stake in Neymar’s rights while he was at Santos, which it did not receive upon the transfer.

The investment firm claims that Neymar and eight other parties are responsible for trying to hide the true amount of the transfer fee so they did not have to pay DIS the full amount. It is reported that DIS received $16.6 million as a transfer fee, but an investigative judge found that the transfer fee was at least $81.2 million.

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Here, Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian forward Neymar gestures as he leaves after attending a hearing at the courthouse in Barcelona on October 18, 2022, on the second day of his trial. He testified that his father handled all of the contracts and allegedly he did not remember if he took part in the negotiations leading to the agreement in 2011 with Barcelona, ​​and a lawyer told Newsweek that it is highly improbable that he will face jail time.
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Neymar took the stand on Tuesday and tested that he took no part in the negotiations over his transfer to Barcelona, ​​and the other defendants have all denied any wrongdoing, claiming that the accusations do not apply to the Spanish court, as all the operations happened in Brazil where “corruption in business” is

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Trump Could Face 33 Years in Prison for Violating Federal Laws

Posted on by Judith E. Ashton
  • Trump may have violated three federal laws.
  • He could serve up to 33 years in prison if he’s charged and convicted, legal experts say.
  • Prosecutors would have to build a strong legal case against the former president.

Former President Donald Trump could receive up to 33 years in prison if he is charged and convicted of violating three federal laws following the FBI’s search at his Mar-a-Lago residence, legal experts say.

The search warrant revealed that federal authorities were looking for evidence to see if Trump violated the Espionage Act, which carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years. The Justice Department is also investigating whether Trump violated two other criminal status by trying to conceal or remove records, which carries a prison sentence of up to three years, and by trying to damage, alter, or falsify records, which carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years.

The former president has not been charged for any of these crimes. But Trump would be in severe legal peril if the Justice Department finds more evidence that he violated those laws, legal experts told Insider.

“The Espionage Act is a very broad statute that has been used in recent years very carefully by the government to cover situations that are egregious,” said Daniel Richman, a former federal prosecutor in the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. “The general focus has been to look for something way beyond inappropriate possession of materials and look for some degree of dissemination and knowledge of wrongfulness on the part of the target.”

One legal expert noted that if Trump is charged and convicted of these crimes, the length of his prison sentence would likely depend on the type of evidence presented by prosecutors.

“It would be

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