Lionel Messi and his family issued a formal statement in which denied having used a Panamanian offshore to evade taxes, as specified in the disclosure of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ( "ICIJ") and the German newspaper "Süddeutsche Zeitung". According to the archives of Lionel Messi and his father Jorge belongs offshore company "Mega Star Enterprises", which is registered in Panama. For the first time in documentation Mossack Fonseca "on this company is mentioned on June 13, 2013, when Spanish prosecutors charge Messi and his father for tax evasion. As is known, Messi will stand trial May 31 on charges of hiding taxes of 4.1 million euros.