Dolce and Gabbana sentenced to 18 months in jail for tax evasion

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Dolce and Gabbana sentenced to 18 months in jail for tax evasion
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A Milan tax court ruled in favor of Italy's tax authority, Agenzia delle Entrate, and found Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana guilty of tax evasion. The pair appealed the decision a lower court reached last year, but the higher court didn't rule in their favor, either.

Dolce and Gabbana had been suspected of tax evasion for nearly 10 years and were charged with using a Luxembourg-based holding company, Gado, to avoid paying taxes on royalties of $1.38 billion, reports Reuters.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.