Atletico Madrid's Diego Costa wearing a protective face mask arrives at a court to attend a trial for tax fraud in Madrid, Spain, June 4, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
MADRID (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid forward Diego Costa appeared in court wearing a white mask in the Spanish capital on Thursday to ratify a pact he made with prosecutors to resolve a tax fraud case against him.
Prosecutors were asking for a six-month jail sentence and a fine of 507,208 euros ($564,877 dollars) to punish Costa for defrauding the Spanish state of 1,014,416 euros in 2014.
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