Spain's culture and sports minister Maxim Huerta has resigned after it emerged he has been fined for tax fraud, in a blow to the Socialist government that took over only last week. Huerta, an award-winning author and television celebrity, evaded €218,322 ($256,462) in tax between 2006-2008 by using a shell company. A court last year ordered that he pay over €360,000 to the tax office -- the amount he tried to evade plus fines and interest payments, it added.
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