On December 23, Beijing time, a number of Spanish media reported that Alantecha Sanchez, a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, was sentenced to 4 years in prison, along with her ex-husband.
The former world champion, the top superstar of the former tennis world, has been imprisoned in the case of more than half a hundred years old.
What crime did Sanchez, 50, commit?
This comes 12 years ago, when Sanchez ended his first marriage with sports journalist Juan Willis and entered the wedding hall with businessman Joseph Santa canna.
Santa Cana is a very shrewd businessman who uses tax loopholes to help Sanchez evade a large amount of taxes. In the East Window incident, the Spanish tax authorities took Sanchez to court, and the court ruled that Sanchez was tax fraud and required a fine of 5.2 million euros.
Sanchez did not want to pay the full fine immediately, and her husband Santa Cana contacted the bank in Luxembourg, which paid the full fine on Sanchez's behalf after some of the small asset mortgages were made.
Of course, this is equivalent to a loan from the Luxembourg Bank to Sanchez, who needs to pay in installments to repay the debt to the Luxembourg Bank.
To the surprise of the Bank of Luxembourg, sanchez, a well-known public figure in Spain, transformed into a lao lai, and she never paid a penny to the Luxembourg bank!
As of 2018, Sanchez owed the Bank of Luxembourg 7.5 million euros. Faced with the other party's pennilessness, the Luxembourg Bank had to sue Sanchez and her husband Santa Cana.
Just as the court was taking up the case, the couple announced their divorce. But that still didn't get the shrewd businessman Santa Cana out. In the end, after repeated court urgings to refuse to pay back, Sanchez and Santa Cana were both sentenced to 4 years in prison!
Sanchez, 50, has had an illustrious career, and she is the seventh singles player in WTA history to reach the top, winning four Grand Slam singles titles and 10 Grand Slam doubles titles.
In addition, Sanchez also set an unprecedented record, becoming the youngest Grand Slam champion since the Open era - defeating Graf to reach the Top of the French Open at the age of 17, a record that was later broken by Cerres.
Known as the Barcelona Hornets, Sanchez has won the Hopman Cup twice for Espanyol, and at the Olympic level, Sanchez has won two golds and two silvers, making her one of the most medal-winning athletes in Olympic history (along with Graf).
After five years of retirement, Sanchez was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame without suspense. In recognition of the honor she brought to Spanish tennis, the vice venue of the Madrid Masters, named after her.
Throughout her career, Sanchez earned more than $15 million in bonuses, and she endorsed multiple brands, earning a lot of money after retiring.
Even so, Sanchez refused to pay off even a penny of debt. Sanchez, who is in prison, can only be said to be self-inflicted!