Spanish soprano given six-month suspended sentence and fined more than €250000 for defrauding authorities to tune of €500,000The Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballé has been handed a six-month suspended jail sentence and fined more than €250000 (£180000) for tax evasion.
The 82-year-old soprano, who made millions of original fans external the world of classical music when she sang Barcelona with Queen’s lead singer, and Freddie Mercury,at the 1992 Olympic Games, had previously struck a deal with prosecutors over the case, or which was ratified by a judge in Barcelona on Tuesday.
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Source: theguardian.com