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Barcelona: Famous pop singer Shakira (45) from Colombia is said to have cheated 116 crore rupees in income tax during her stay in Spain from 2012 to 2014. Shakira was served a notice by Spanish prosecutors to admit wrongdoing and pay taxes. But she said she was not living in Spain at the time and was living in the Bahamas with her boyfriend, Barcelona footballer Gerard Pique, 35. The matter then went to court. According to the Spanish lawyers, ‘Singer Shakira settled in Spain in 2011. Own a house in the Bahamas. While Shakira has rejected the petition in the income tax case, if the crime against her is proved in the court, she can be sentenced to 8 years in prison and a fine of 150 crore rupees for tax evasion.