Italian Clubs Investigated...Pellicori Arrested

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AP - Italian federation to place 22 clubs, 61 people under investigation in match-fixing probe

ROME — The Italian soccer federation will place 22 clubs and 61 people under investigation in the latest match-fixing and betting probe to mar the sport.

Without naming the clubs or people, the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio announced Tuesday that the clubs and people will be informed Wednesday that they have to answer to sports authorities.

The FIGC also says 33 matches are under investigation, including 29 in Serie B, although none in Serie A.

More than 30 people have been arrested in Italy in the past year in the probe started by judicial authorities in Cremona, including former Atalanta captain Cristiano Doni and former Lazio captain Giuseppe Signori.

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Italian clubs under investigation? This is news?

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May 8, 2012 19:36:49 GMT ingham said:

Italian clubs under investigation? This is news?

Man bites dog, Mac, man bites dog.

ESPN UPDATE

Three Serie A clubs in fixing probe


Updated: May 9, 2012, 8:08 AM ET
Associated Press

ROME -- Serie A clubs Atalanta, Novara and Siena were among the 22 Italian teams notified Wednesday that they are being investigated by sports authorities in a massive match-fixing scandal.

The other clubs named by the Italian soccer federation (FIGC) were: AlbinoLeffe, Ancona, Ascoli, Avesa, Cremonese, Empoli, Frosinone, Grosseto, Livorno, Modena, Monza, Padova, Pescara, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggina, Rimini, Sampdoria and Spezia.

The FIGC also said 61 people and 33 matches were under investigation, including 29 in Serie B, although none in Serie A -- with the allegations for Atalanta, Novara and Siena stemming from when they played in Serie B in past seasons.

Former Atalanta captain Cristiano Doni and former Lazio captain Giuseppe Signori are among the more than 30 people who have been arrested in Italy in the past year in the probe started by judicial authorities in Cremona.

Doni was among those named again Wednesday, while Signori was not.

Also named were former Piacenza player Carlo Gervasoni and former Cisco Roma player Alessandro Zamperini, who were allegedly at the center of the match-fixing ring, plus former Inter Milan, Parma, Roma and Ternana defender Luigi Sartor.

Last summer, Doni was banned from soccer for 3½ years by the federation, and Atalanta -- which was promoted to Serie A for this season -- was given a six-point penalty.

The FIGC inquiry will likely lead to a massive sports trial this summer -- just like the one in 2006 that resulted in Juventus being relegated to Serie B and point-penalties for several other top clubs. Juventus was also stripped of the 2005 and 2006 titles.

Over the past year, prosecutors in Cremona have detailed an extensive match-fixing ring that stretched as far as Singapore and South America and was allegedly in operation for more than 10 years.

More clubs and people could be placed under inquiry once Stefano Palazzi, the FIGC prosecutor, works through documents relating to another wing of the probe based in Bari.

Novara will be relegated to Serie B after this season.

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Pellicori....

TRANSLATION
www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Calcio-Infetto/09-05-2012/novara-atalanta-siena-deferimenti-sono-ufficiali-911173722859.shtml

Deferite Novara, Atalanta e Siena Referred Novara, Atalanta and Siena

Deferite Novara, Atalanta e Siena Referred Novara, Atalanta and Siena
Ecco il documento ufficiale Here is the official document
Milano, 09 maggio 2012 Milan, May 9, 2012
Confermate le anticipazioni: tre società di A sono fra le rinviate a giudizio. Confirm the highlights: A three companies are among the committed for trial. Ci sono anche Pescara e Sampdoria, ma la posizione dei liguri non preoccupa. There are also Pescara and Sampdoria, but the position of the Ligurian no worries. Leggete l'elenco completo dei club e dei tesserati coinvolti Read the full list of clubs and licensed involved

Il procuratore della Figc Stefano Palazzi. The FIGC prosecutor Stefano Palazzi. Ansa Handle Sono stati ufficializzati i deferimenti firmati ieri dal procuratore federale Stefano Palazzi che si riferiscono alla prima parte dell'inchiesta giudiziaria della Procura della Repubblica di Cremona per il Calcioscommesse. The referrals were made official signed yesterday by the federal prosecutor Stefano Palazzi, refer to the first part of the judicial investigation of the Prosecutor of Cremona for the match-fixing. Sciolti tutti i dubbi, scattano i tre giorni per preparare le memorie difensiva e subito dopo ci saranno le convocazioni della Disciplinare. Dissolved all doubts, taking three days to prepare the defense pleadings and immediately after there will be the Convenor of the Discipline. Probabilmente tra il 17 e il 21 maggio. Probably between 17 and 21 May. Sono tre le società di sere A deferite (Atalanta, Novara e Siena): tutte per responsabilità oggettiva per i comportamenti di loro tesserati, in particolare Doni, Bertani e Carobbio. There are three companies to be referred (Atalanta, Siena and Novara): for all liability for the conduct of their members, especially Doni, Bertani and Carobbio. I tre sono anche deferiti con altri per il reato associativo. The three are also referrals to other for the crime of association. La Procura federale ha deferito anche Sampdoria e Spezia perché Bertani e Carobbio ora sono anche loro tesserati, ma la loro posizione non dovrebbe destare preoccupazioni. The federal prosecutor also referred Sampdoria and Bertani and Carobbio Spezia because they too are now members, but their position should not cause concern. Temono, invece, molto AlbinoLeffe e Grosseto visto che sono deferite molte volte per illeciti di cui sono accusati loro tesserati. They fear, however, very AlbinoLeffe Grosseto and since they are often referred for offenses they are accused their members. Il Torino sarebbe coinvolto per una gara col Grosseto, ma al momento nei suoi confronti non ci sono deferimenti. The Torino would be involved for a match with Grosseto, but at the moment for him there are no referrals. Diversa la Posizione del Pescara che deve rispondere di responsabilità oggettiva per un presunto illecito di cui è accusato Gianluca Nicco: " Noi come società siamo completamente estranei alla vicenda - le parole del presidente Daniele Sebastiani -, ma è chiaro che a questo punto dovremo capire bene cosa viene imputato al giocatore". The different position of Pescara, which must meet strict liability for an alleged offense he is accused Gianluca Nicco: "We as a society we are completely unrelated to the story - the words of President Daniel Sebastiani - but it is clear that at this point we understand What is imputed to the player. " In questo troncone non c'è il Bari, ma Palazzi per definire la questione aspetta i documenti del Procuratore capo Laudati. In this section there is the Bari, but expect buildings to define the issue documents of Public Prosecutions Laudati. Un discorso a parte meritano Ancona e Avesa. A separate discussion deserve Avesa and Ancona. La prima è stata deferita ma non gioca più in nessun campionato, la seconda si prende un deferimento perché Cossato risulta tesserato con loro. The first was referred to but does not play in any league, the second you take a referral because Cossato is registered with them. Un po' come accadde a luglio per una società di calcio a cinque per la quale risultava tesserato Erodiani. A little 'as happened in July for a football club to five for which Herodian was rationed.

ecco i nomi — here are the names -

Club : AlbinoLeffe, Ancona, Ascoli, Atalanta, Avesa, Cremonese, Delfino Pescara, Empoli, Frosinone, Grosseto, Livorno, Modena, Monza, Novara, Padova, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggina, Rimini, Sampdoria, Siena, Spezia Club: AlbinoLeffe, Ancona, Ascoli, Atalanta, Avesa, Cremonese, Delfino Pescara, Empoli, Frosinone, Livorno, Modena, Monza, Novara, Padua, Piacenza and Ravenna, Reggina Rimini, Sampdoria, Siena, Spice


Tesserati Licensed
Paolo Domenico Acerbis (portiere Vicenza), Andrea Alberti (attaccante Prato), Mirko Bellodi (allenatore portieri Mantova), Cristian Bertan i (attaccante Sampdoria), Davide Caremi (centrocampista Andria), Filippo Carobbio (centrocampista Spezia), Mario Cassano (portiere Piacenza), Edoardo Catinali (centrocampista L'Aquila), Marco Cellini (attaccante Modena), Roberto Colacone (attaccante Monza), Alberto Comazzi (difensore ex Swindon Town), Luigi Consonni (centrocampista Grosseto), Kewullay Conteh (difensore ex Piacenza), Achille Coser (portiere Novara), Federico Cossato , Filippo Cristante (difensore Portogruaro), Andrea De Falco (centrocampista Bari), Franco De Falco (direttore sportivo Reggiana), Alfonso De Lucia (portiere Livorno), Cristiano Doni (centrocampista Atalanta), Nicola Ferrari (attaccante Verona), Riccardo Fissore (difensore Pavia), Luca Fiuzzi (difensore Monza), Alberto Maria Fontana (portiere Novara), Ruben Garlini (assistente allenatore AlbinoLeffe), Carlo Gervasoni (difensore ex Cremonese), Andrea Iaconi (direttore sportivo Brescia), Vincenzo Iacopino (centrocampista Monza), Vincenzo Italiano (centrocampista Padova), Thomas Hervé Job (centrocampista Cittadella), Inacio José Joelson (attaccante Pergocrema), Tomas Locatelli (centrocampista Arezzo), Giuseppe Magalini (ex direttore sportivo Mantova), Salvatore Mastronunzio (attaccante Gubbio), Vittorio Micolucci (difensore ex Ascoli), Nicola Mora (difensore Spezia), Antonio Narciso (portiere Grosseto), Maurizio Nassi (attaccante Alessandria), Gianluca Nicco (centrocampista Frosinone), Marco Paoloni (portiere ex Benevento), Gianfranco Parlato (ex staff tecnico Viareggio), Dario Passoni (centrocampista Folzano, ex AlbinoLeffe), Alex Pederzoli (centrocampista Ascoli), Alessandro Pellicori (attaccante ex Queen's Park Rangers), Mirco Poloni (vice allenatore AlbinoLeffe), Cesare Gianfranco Rickler (difensore Bologna), Gianni Rosati (ex direttore sportivo Reggina), Francesco Ruopolo (attaccante Padova), Nicola Santoni (ex allenatore portieri Ravenna), Vincenzo Santoruvo (attaccante Frosinone), Maurizio Sarri (ex allenatore Sorrento), Luigi Sartor , Alessandro Sbaffo (centrocampista Ascoli), Mattia Serafini (difensore Fano), Rijat Shala (centrocampista ex Lugano), Mirko Stefani (difensore Frosinone), Juri Tamburini (difensore Pergocrema), Marco Turati (difensore Modena), Daniele Vantaggiato (attaccante Bologna), Nicola Ventola , Alessandro Zamperini (attaccante ex Ventspils). Domenico Paolo Acerbis (goalkeeper Vicenza), Andrea Alberti (attacker Prato), Mirko Bellodi (goalkeeper coach Mantua), Cristian Bertan i (Sampdoria striker), David Caremi (midfielder Andria), Philip Carobbio (midfielder Spezia), Mario Cassano (Piacenza keeper ), Edward Catinali (midfielder L'Aquila), Mark Cellini (Modena striker), Roberto Colacone (attacker Monza), Alberto Comazzi (former Swindon Town defender), Luigi Consonni (Grosseto midfielder), Kewullay Conteh (defender former Piacenza), Achille Coser (goalkeeper Novara), Federico Cossato, Filippo Cristante (Portsmouth defender), Andrea De Falco (Bari midfielder), Franco De Falco (Reggiana Sports Director), Alfonso De Lucia (Livorno goalkeeper), Cristiano Doni (Atalanta midfielder), Nicola Ferrari (Verona striker), Riccardo Fissore (defender Pavia), Luke Fiuzzi (defender Monza), Alberto Maria Fontana (goalkeeper Novara), Ruben Garlini (assistant coach AlbinoLeffe), Carlo Gervasoni (former defender Cremonese), Andrea Iaconi (sports director Brescia) , Vincent Iacopino (midfielder Monza), Vincenzo Italian (Padua midfielder), Thomas Herve Job (midfielder Citadel), Jose Inacio Joelson (attacker Pergocrema), Tomas Locatelli (midfielder Arezzo), Giuseppe Magalini (former sporting director Mantua), Salvatore Mastronunzio ( attacker Gubbio), Vittorio Micolucci (former Ascoli defender), Nicola Mora (defender Spezia), Antonio Narciso (goalkeeper Grosseto), Maurizio Nassi (attacker Alexandria), Gianluca Nicco (midfielder Frosinone), Marco Paoloni (former goalkeeper Benevento), Gianfranco Speech (former technical staff Viareggio), Dario Passoni (midfielder Folzano, former AlbinoLeffe), Alex Pederzoli (midfielder Ascoli), Alessandro Pellicori (attacker former Queen's Park Rangers), Mirco Poloni (assistant coach AlbinoLeffe), Cesare Gianfranco Rickler (defender Bologna), Gianni Rosati (former sporting director Reggina), Francesco Ruopolo (attacker Padova), Nicola Santoni (former goalkeeper coach Ravenna), Vincenzo Santoruvo (attacker Frosinone), Maurizio Sarri (former coach Sorrento), Luigi Sartor, Alessandro smear (Ascoli midfielder), Matthew Serafini (defender Fano), Rijat Shala (former midfielder Lugano), Mirko Stefani (defender Frosinone), Juri Tamburini (defender Pergocrema), Marco Turati (defender Modena), Daniel Vantaggiato (Bologna striker), Nicola Ventola, Alessandro Zamperini (attacker Former Ventspils).

Sono 33 le partite elencate nelle 48 pagine dei deferimenti alla Commissione disciplinare sulla There are 33 games listed in 48 pages of disciplinary referrals to the Commission on
vicenda Calcioscommesse. match-fixing affair.
Ventinove del Campionato di Serie B di varie stagioni: Twenty-nine of the Serie B seasons:
- Frosinone-AlbinoLeffe del primo giugno 2008 (tesserati deferiti CAROBBIO e GERVASONI; società deferita per responsabilità oggettiva ALBINOLEFFE). - Frosinone-AlbinoLeffe of June 1, 2008 (licensed and referrals CAROBBIO GERVASONI; liability companies referred to ALBINOLEFFE).
- Rimini-AlbinoLeffe del 20 dicembre 2008 (GERVASONI, CAROBBIO, FERRARI, POLONI, GARLINI, RUOPOLO, VANTAGGIATO; per resp.oggettiva entrambe le società). - Rimini-AlbinoLeffe of December 20, 2008 (GERVASONI, CAROBBIO, FERRARI, POLONI, Garlini, Ruopolo, Vantaggiato; resp.oggettiva for both companies).
- Ancona-AlbinoLeffe del 17 gennaio 2009 (COMAZZI, MASTRONUNZIO, NASSI; per resp. oggettiva entrambe le società). - Ancona-AlbinoLeffe of January 17, 2009 (Comazzi, Mastronunzio, Nassi, for resp. Objective both companies).
- Pisa-AlbinoLeffe del 7 marzo 2009 (GERVASONI, CAROBBIO, RUOPOLO, CAREMI, CONTEH, NARCISO; deferito ALBINOLEFFE per resp. oggettiva). - Pisa-AlbinoLeffe of March 7, 2009 (GERVASONI, CAROBBIO, Ruopolo, CAREMI, Conteh, NARCISO, referred to ALBINOLEFFE resp. Objective).
- Salernitana-AlbinLleffe del 18 aprile 2009 (GERVASONI, CAROBBIO, RUOPOLO, NARCISO, SERAFINI; deferito ALBINOLEFFE per resp. oggettiva). - Salerno-AlbinLleffe of April 18, 2009 (GERVASONI, CAROBBIO, Ruopolo, NARCISO, Seraphim; ALBINOLEFFE referred to resp. Objective).
- Frosinone-AlbinoLeffe del 9 maggio 2009 (GERVASONI, CAROBBIO, RUOPOLO, COSER; deferito ALBINOLEFFE per resp. oggettiva). - Frosinone-AlbinoLeffe of May 9, 2009 (GERVASONI, CAROBBIO, Ruopolo, COSER; ALBINOLEFFE referred to resp. Objective).
- AlbinoLeffe-Ancona del 30 maggio 2009 (MASTRONUNZIO, COMAZZI, TURATI, COLACONE, CAROBBIO; entrambe le società per resp. oggettiva). - AlbinoLeffe-Ancona, 30 May 2009 (Mastronunzio, Comazzi, Turati, COLACONE, CAROBBIO; both companies resp. Objective).
- Torino-Grosseto del 16 gennaio 2010 (CAROBBIO, CONTEH, JOELSON, ACERBIS, JOB, TURATI; deferito GROSSETO per resp.oggettiva); - Grosseto Turin on January 16, 2010 (CAROBBIO, Conteh, Joelson, ACERBIS, JOB, TURATI; referred to GROSSETO resp.oggettiva);
- Grosseto-Mantova del 15 marzo 2010 (GERVASONI, CAROBBIO, PELLICORI, FISSORE; deferito GROSSETO per resp. oggettiva). - Grosseto-Mantua of March 15, 2010 (GERVASONI, CAROBBIO, Pellicori, FISSORE; GROSSETO referred to resp. Objective).
- Empoli-Mantova del 23 marzo 2010 (GERVASONI, PELLICORI, FISSORE). - Empoli Mantua on 23 March 2010 (GERVASONI, Pellicori, FISSORE).
- Padova-Grosseto del 23 marzo 2010 (ITALIANO, CAROBBIO, TURATI; per resp. oggettiva entrambe le società). - Padua-Grosseto on March 23, 2010 (ITALIAN, CAROBBIO, TURATI; for resp. Objective both companies).
- Brescia-Mantova del 20 aprile 2010 (GERVASONI, PELLICORI, FISSORE). - Mantua-Brescia of April 20, 2010 (GERVASONI, Pellicori, FISSORE).
- Cittadella-Mantova del 24 aprile 2010 (GERVASONI, PELLICORI, FISSORE). - Citadel of Mantua-April 24, 2010 (GERVASONI, Pellicori, FISSORE).
- Ancona-Grosseto del 30 aprile 2010 (CAROBBIO, JOELSON,ACERBIS, CONTEH, TURATI, CONSONNI, SARRI, IACONI; Grossetodeferito per resp. oggettiva; ANCONA per responsabilità - Ancona-Grosseto, 30 April 2010 (CAROBBIO, Joelson, ACERBIS, Conteh, Turati, Consonni, Sarri, IACONI; Grossetodeferito for resp. Objective; ANCONA liability
presunta). alleged).
- Mantova-Modena dell'8 maggio 2010 (GERVASONI, NARCISO; MODENA per resp. oggettiva). - Mantova and Modena on 8 May 2010 (GERVASONI, NARCISO, MODENA for resp. Objective).
- Frosinone-Grosseto del 15 maggio 2010 (SANTORUVO, CONTEH, MORA, ACERBIS; entrambe le società per resp. oggettiva). - Frosinone Grosseto-May 15, 2010 (Santoruvo, Conteh, MORA, ACERBIS; both companies resp. Objective).
- Grosseto-Reggina del 23 maggio 2010 (CAROBBIO, JOELSON, ACERBIS, CONTEH, JOB, TURATI; GROSSETO per resp.oggettiva). - Grosseto-Reggina on 23 May 2010 (CAROBBIO, Joelson, ACERBIS, Conteh, JOB, TURATI; GROSSETO for resp.oggettiva).
- Ancona-Mantova del 30 maggio 2010 (GERVASONI, LOCATELLI, NASSI, BELLODI, MAGALINI, MASTRONUNZIO, COLACONE, DE FALCO, CRISTANTE; deferito ANCONA per resp. oggettiva). - Ancona-Mantova, 30 May 2010 (GERVASONI, Locatelli, Nassi, Bellodi Magalini Mastronunzio, COLACONE, DE FALCO, Cristante; ANCONA referred to resp. Objective).
- Empoli-Grosseto del 30 maggio 2010 (CAROBBIO, JOELSON, ACERBIS, JOB, TURATI; GROSSETO per resp. oggettiva; EMPOLI per resp. presunta). - Empoli-Grosseto, 30 May 2010 (CAROBBIO, Joelson, ACERBIS, JOB, TURATI; GROSSETO for resp. Objective; EMPOLI for resp. Alleged).
- AlbinoLeffe-Piacenza del 20 dicembre 2010 (CASSANO, PASSONI, CATINALI, RICKLER, DE FALCO, ZAMPERINI, COSSATO, GERVASONI; entrambe le società per resp. oggettiva, così come l'AVESA). - AlbinoLeffe-Piacenza on 20 December 2010 (CASSANO, PASSONI, CATINALI, Rickler, DE FALCO, Zamperini, COSSATO, GERVASONI; both companies resp. Objective, as well as the Avesa).
- Ascoli-Atalanta del 12 marzo 2011 (DONI; ATALANTA per resp. oggettiva). - Ascoli Atalanta on 12 March 2011 (GIFTS; ATALANTA resp. Objective).
- Atalanta-Piacenza del 19 marzo 2011 (CASSANO, RICKLER,CONTEH, COSSATO; PIACENZA e AVESA per resp. oggettiva). - Atalanta-Piacenza on 19 March 2011 (CASSANO, Rickler, Conteh, COSSATO; PIACENZA and Avesa for resp. Objective).
- Padova-Atalanta del 26 marzo 2011 (DONI, SANTONI; per resp. oggettiva ATALANTA e RAVENNA, per cui all'epoca dei fatti era tesserato Santoni). - Padova-Atalanta on March 26, 2011 (GIFTS, Santoni, for resp. Objective and ATALANTA RAVENNA, for which he was affiliated at the time Santoni).
- Novara-Ascoli del 20 aprile 2011 (MICOLUCCI, BERTANI; entrambe le società per resp. oggettiva). - Novara-Ascoli of April 20, 2011 (MICOLUCCI, BERTANI; both companies resp. Objective).
- Piacenza-Pescara del 9 aprile 2011 (GERVASONI, NICCO; entrambe le società per resp. oggettiva). - Pescara Piacenza-April 9, 2011 (GERVASONI, Nicco, both companies resp. Objective).
- Ascoli-Sassuolo del 9 aprile 2011 (PEDERZOLI; ASCOLI per resp. oggettiva). - Ascoli-Sassuolo on April 9, 2011 (Pederzoli; ASCOLI for resp. Objective).
- Livorno-Piacenza del 14 maggio 2011 (GERVASONI, SBAFFO, DE LUCIA; entrambe le società per resp. oggettiva). - Livorno-Piacenza on 14 May 2011 (GERVASONI, smudge, DE LUCIA, both companies resp. Objective).
- Grosseto-Reggina del 15 maggio 2011 (ROSATI, TAMBURINI, NARCISO; GROSSETO e REGGINA deferite per resp. oggettiva, così come il MODENA, per cui era tesserato per Tamburini). - Grosseto-Reggina on May 15, 2011 (ROSE, Tamburini, NARCISO; GROSSETO and REGGINA referred for resp. Objective, as well as MODENA, for which he was affiliated for Tamburini).
- Piacenza-AlbinoLeffe del 21 maggio 2011 (GERVASONI; entrambe le società per resp. oggettiva). - Piacenza-AlbinoLeffe of May 21, 2011 (GERVASONI; both companies resp. Objective).

Due partite in due differenti edizioni di Tim Cup: Two games in two different editions of Tim Cup:
- Chievo-Novara del 30 novembre 2010 (BERTANI, FONTANA, GERVASONI, SHALA, VENTOLA; NOVARA e PIACENZA per resp.oggettiva). - Chievo-Novara, 30 November 2010 (BERTANI, FONTANA, GERVASONI, Shala, FAN; and Novara Piacenza for resp.oggettiva).
- Cesena-Gubbio del 30 novembre 2011 (ZAMPERINI). - Gubbio Cesena-30 November 2011 (Zamperini).

Due partite di Coppa Italia della Lega PRO nella stagione sportiva 2010/2011: Two matches of the League Cup Italy PRO in season 2010/2011:
- Cremonese-Monza del 27 ottobre 2010 (GERVASONI, PAOLONI, STEFANI, FIUZZI, ALBERTI, IACOPINO; entrambe le società per resp. oggettiva). - Cremonese-Monza October 27, 2010 (GERVASONI, PAOLONI, STEFANI, Fiuzzi, ALBERTI, Iacopino, both companies resp. Objective).
- Pisa-Monza dell'8 dicembre 2010 (GERVASONI, STEFANI, FIUZZI; CREMONESE - per cui erano tesserati Gervasoni e Stefani - e MONZA per resp.oggettiva) - Pisa and Monza 8 December 2010 (GERVASONI, STEFANI, Fiuzzi; CREMONESE - for which they were enrolled Gervasoni and Stefani - MONZA, and for resp.oggettiva)

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As noted a few months ago: "Pellicori Involved in Italian Football Scandal?"
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Only 22 clubs?

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Guardian - Tom Kington

Italian football clubs face trial in match-fixing scandal
Fifty-two players charged and 33 matches under scrutiny as Serie A teams Atalanta, Siena and Novara called before tribunal

As Italy gears up for its tilt at the European football championships in June, a growing match-fixing scandal at home is once again threatening to shatter the reputation of its game.

Three teams in Serie A, Italy's top flight, Atalanta, Siena and Novara, are among 22 clubs set to face trial this month before a sporting tribunal, accused of rigging matches, the Italian football federation said on Wednesday.

The trial, in which 52 players are charged and 33 matches are under scrutiny, is the biggest development to date in an ongoing investigation that could yet see more of the biggest names in the game charged.

In 2006 Serie A giants Juventus were relegated and stripped of two league titles following an investigation into referee influencing.

The fresh allegations mostly cover games played in the second tier, Serie B, in recent seasons. Atalanta, Novara and Siena were all playing in that division at the time, as were former European Cup finalists Sampdoria, also in the dock.

A list of charges released by the federation makes frequent reference to a Balkan betting gang known as the Gypsies which allegedly bribed players to throw games or ensure a certain number of goals were scored, with payments ranging from €5,000 (£4,000) to €35,000. The tribunal is also expected to punish players who knew about but failed to report match fixing, even if they did not participate.

Players on trial include Luigi Sartor, the former Inter Milan, Parma, Roma and Ternana defender.

The federation is working with evidence based on wiretaps and confessions provided by magistrates in Cremona who are mounting their own investigation ahead of a possible criminal trial. Using evidence handed over last year, the federation has already docked Atalanta six points and banned former Atalanta idol and Italian international Cristiano Doni for three and a half years. Giuseppe Signori, who has played for Lazio and Italy, was banned for five years.

As this year's Serie A season concludes, Novara are already due to be relegated back to Serie B, but if Siena are docked points they risk the same fate.

In coming weeks the federation is likely to send more teams to trial based on further evidence from Cremona, – which could implicate top sides Genoa and Lazio, according to press reports – and from Bari, where prosecutors are looking into allegations that players at local club Bari were paid €230,000 to throw a crucial Serie A game against Lecce last year. Bari player Andrea Masiello deliberately scored an own goal in that game. Napoli, who were defeated by Chelsea in this season's Champions League, are at the centre of an investigation by Naples magistrates.

Prosecutors are also reportedly considering questioning former Siena manager Antonio Conte who this season led Juventus to their first Serie A title since the club's 2006 relegation – their 28th title.

The club's president, Andrea Agnelli, has courted controversy by claiming the club has now won 30 titles, while players celebrating drank from bottles of champagne labelled with the number 30, deliberately ignoring the fact that two of those titles were officially stripped away in 2006.

In the wake of the so-called Calciopoli scandal that year, Italy went on to win the World Cup, with many national team players lifting their game in the face of the pressure brought by the investigations into their clubs.

It is unlikely that the national side heading for Poland and Ukraine this summer will feature players who face trial, but with the first trial due to end just before the tournament and a second likely to start just after, the team will be expected to turn around the damaged reputation of Italian football.

www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/09/italian-football-match-fixing-trial

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Pellicori Flashbacks...

FLASHBACK: QPR Official Site July 30, 2009 - EXCLUSIVE: R'S SIGN PELLICORI -
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of Italian striker Alessandro Pellicori.
- The 28 year-old, who has been on trial with Jim Magilton's First Team squad for the majority of pre-season, has penned a three year deal.
- Speaking to www.qpr.co.uk, Magilton expressed his delight at bringing the former Avellino front-man to Loftus Road.
- "Alessandro has done well with us during his trial period," said Magilton.
- "He's a natural goalscorer and we're delighted to add him to the already healthy attacking options we have at our disposal.
- "He'll take time to settle over here, but we're really excited by his arrival."
- Pellicori began his professional career at Cosenza, before moving on to Lecce in 2000.
- He made his Serie A top-flight debut in January 2001, before spending time on loan at a variety of Serie C Clubs, before settling down at Grosseto.
- Twenty-two goals in 52 starts represented a very decent return, but he was soon on the move again, this time signing for Serie B outfit Piacenza.
- However, he made just nine starts for Piacenza and penned a deal with Serie B rivals Cesena in January 2007.
That summer he moved on to newly-promoted Avellino, scoring an impressive 18 goals in 38 starts.
Pellicori will wear squad number 12.
*You can see Pellicori's excellent goal against Kettering Town last night, exclusively on QPR Player on Friday.
*To sponsor the R's new striker for the 2009/10 campaign, contact our Sales Team now on 020 8740 2588. QPR


QPR Official Site - Feb 1, 2010 PELLICORI ON THE MOVE
- Alessandro Pellicori has joined Serie B outfit AC Mantova on loan.
- The Italian striker has penned a deal until the end of the current campaign.
- Pellicori joined QPR on a three year deal in the summer, but has been restricted to just ten appearances in all competitions, scoring just a solitary goal." QPR


QPR Official Site - PELLICORI CONTRACT TERMINATED
Posted on: Fri 14 Oct 2011
www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~2468188,00.html
Alessandro Pellicori has left the Club by mutual consent with immediate effect.

The Italian striker, who joined the R's on a free transfer in 2009, has had his contract terminated.

The Club would like to wish Alessandro all the best for the future.

Read more: qprreport.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=26974#ixzz1uRn2eAD3

QPR Report Messageboard Discussion of our Pellicori Signing..Who/Why
qprreport.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=5031

[Macmoish]

REUTERS

Three ultra bosses arrested in match-fixing probe

ROME | Thu May 10, 2012 11:43am BST

(Reuters) - Three hardcore "ultra" fans of Italian Serie B side Bari were arrested on Thursday after being accused of threatening their own players with violence if they did not deliberately lose games.

The trio of ultra bosses have been accused of trying to make their players lose at least three matches during last season, when the Puglian club were in Serie A, allegedly in order to earn large sums of money through bets placed on Bari losing.

The matches being looked into are: Bari v Sampdoria (23 April 23, 2011, 1-0 to Sampdoria); Cesena v Bari (April 17, 2011, 1-0 to Cesena); and Bari v Chievo (March 20, 2011, 2-1 to Chievo).

However, according to testimony from former Bari goalkeeper Jean Francois Gillet, now at Bologna, and defender Marco Rossi, now at Cesena, the players apparently refused to carry out their demands.

The arrests come as part of the recent "calcioscommesse" scandal, in which 61 people and 22 clubs are being investigated as part of a probe into betting rings influencing the results of football matches.

The names, which include Serie A sides Atalanta, Siena and the now-relegated Novara, were released on Wednesday by federal prosecutor Stefano Palazzi, who is leading the investigation.

Former Atalanta captain Cristiano Doni and former Lazio striker Giuseppe Signori are among the big names to have been arrested over the last year.

(Reporting by Terry Daley, editing by Ed Osmond)

uk.reuters.com/article/2012/05/10/uk-soccer-italy-matchfixing-idUKBRE8490LR20120510?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&rpc=401

[Macmoish]

And from today: More from Italy

The Age (AU)
Italy defender's room searched over match-fixing
May 28, 2012 -

Italian police investigating a football match-fixing scandal searched 30 homes and made a number of arrests including the captain of Lazio Stefano Mauri and former Genoa midfielder Omar Milanetto, authorities said on Monday.

Policed searched the room of Italy defender Domenico Criscito at the national team's Euro 2012 training camp near Florence early today over the so-called Calcioscommesse sports betting scandal.

He was one of 19 people targeted by police in a new blitz by the public prosecutor in Cremona, where the original Calciosccommesse scandal broke almost a year ago.

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Ten current and ex-players are amongst those implicated, including Juventus coach Antonio Conte, according to the Ansa news agency.

A police statement said five people had also been arrested in Hungary on suspicion of being part of an illegal international betting ring headed by Singaporean gambling identity Tan Seet Eng, who was arrested in December.

It said searches were conducted at the homes of a number of players, trainers and administrators of clubs in Serie A, Serie B and the lower division Lega Pro on suspicion of involvement in match-fixing on behalf of international criminal organizations.

Monday's operation was part of a wider investigation into match-fixing in Italian soccer which has already seen a number of arrests of current and former Italian players.

In June last year, the Interior Ministry set up a special match-fixing task force in response to a number of high profile cases.

Former Atalanta captain and Italy midfielder Cristiano Doni, was banned for three-and-a-half years in August for his part in the 'Calcioscommesse' match-fixing scandal involving Serie B matches last season.

Atalanta, promoted from Serie B, were deducted six points in the top flight this season as a result of the scandal.

Former Lazio and Italy striker Giuseppe Signori was banned for five years and 15 other players were banned for between one and five years for their part in the same scandal.

: www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/italy-defenders-room-searched-over-matchfixing-20120528-1zesq.html#ixzz1w90lKJPG

[sharky]

May 9, 2012 13:14:43 GMT Zamoraaaah said:

Only 22 clubs?

Italian clubs under investigation isn't news, its just a normal day at the office!!

[Macmoish]

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+ BBC

Lazio captain arrested in match-fixing investigation

The captain of Lazio has been arrested by police investigating claims of match-fixing.

Midfielder Stefano Mauri, 32, was held along with former Genoa midfielder Omar Milanetto, police said.

Officers are searching more than 30 homes, including those of players, trainers and administrators of clubs in Serie A, Serie B and lower divisions.

Five people were also arrested in Hungary on suspicion of being part of an illegal international betting ring.

Monday's operation was part of a wider investigation which has already seen a number of arrests of current and former Italian players. In June last year, the Interior Ministry set up a special match-fixing task force in response to a number of high profile cases.

Former Atalanta captain and Italy midfielder Cristiano Doni was banned for three-and-a-half years in August for his part in the 'Calcioscommesse' scandal involving Serie B matches last season. He was also arrested in December 2011 over match-fixing and betting allegations.

Atalanta, promoted from Serie B, were deducted six points in the top flight this season as a result of the scandal.

Former Lazio and Italy striker Giuseppe Signori was banned for five years and 15 other players were banned for between one and five years for their parts.

Mauri, who joined the Rome club from Udinese in 2006 and has 11 caps for Italy, made 16 league appearances last season as Lazio finished fourth in Serie A.

Milanetto, 36, signed for Serie B side Padova last summer after five years at Genoa and made 15 starts last season.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18232319

[wallywest]

Pellicori was jailed a few hours ago...

sport.virgilio.it/notizie/sport/2012/05_maggio/28/calcioscommesse_arrestati_anche_bertani_pellicori_ed_acerbis,35050994.html

[Macmoish]

Thanks Wally. Is this exactly the same as the earlier allegations. Or are these fresh allegations re new claims?

[Macmoish]

"Shocked. Shocked!"

www.football365.co.za/story/0,22162,8922_7783272,00.html?

TRAP STUNNED BY NEW FIXING PROBE

Giovanni Trapattoni: 'Devastating story'

Republic of Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni has described the latest match-fixing scandal to hit Italy as "devastating" and believes it further tarnishes the image of Italian football.

The former Italy boss was shocked by the news that several players, including Lazio captain Stefano Mauri and former Genoa midfielder Omar Milanetto, have been arrested on Monday by police in connection with a match-fixing probe carried out by Cremona prosecutors.

"It is a devastating story," Trapattoni told Gazzetta dello Sport.

"I, who have travelled abroad for some time, must say that we give an ugly image of our football.

"As an Italian, the first feeling is that we are mocked abroad, we are always linked to illicit dealings and are considered mafia members.

"This only damages us because I can claim to have paid the price for an attitude that affects everyone."

The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) confirmed that Mauri and Milanetto have been held over allegations of "criminal association and sporting fraud".

Officers are searching more than 31 homes in Italy and abroad, including those of coaches and players of clubs in Serie A, Serie B and lower divisions.

Police also showed up at Italy's training ground in Coverciano, Florence, to question former Genoa defender Domenico Criscito, who now plays for Zenit St Petersburg.

A statement from the FIGC read: "As part of the investigation carried out by prosecutors of Cremona regarding match-fixing, prosecutor Guido Salvini has issued 19 procedures: 14 people arrested (including Mauri and Milanetto), 31 home searches and two people questioned.

"Police agents also arrived to Italy's training ground in Coverciano this morning to hand a notification of impeding investigation to defender Domenico Criscito, who is investigated for acts that would have taken place while he was a Genoa player."

Trapattoni, whose side were paired with Italy in Group C at the upcoming European Championship, does not believe the latest scandal will have a negative impact on the Azzurri, however.

Italy won the 2006 World Cup in Germany despite having the cloud of a match-fixing scandal hanging over them at the time.

"It's clear that certain stories provoke anger," Trapattoni said. "But it could also give a push (to the team) to prove the clean face of football."

Italian Olympic Committee vice-president Luca Pancalli was equally saddened by the latest football scandal to rock the nation.

"The courage to speak must be there in order to put an end to this issue and to start again," he said to Gazzetta.

"As a man of sport and as a citizen I feel infinite sadness.

"The sporting justice has other time limits with respect to the ordinary justice and it's clear that there will be (sporting) repercussions."

Italy coach Cesare Prandelli was set to announce his Euro 2012 squad on Monday.

However, reports in Italy claim the announcement could be postponed until Tuesday due to Criscito's involvement in the investigation.

Criscito's agent Andrea D'Amico insists his client is not concerned.

He said to Gazzetta dello Sport: "I have spoken to Mimmo (Domenico) this morning and he is absolutely calm.

"Mimmo is ready to explain anything that may have caused him to be under the spotlight.

"Our legal team is working in order for the magistrates to listen to him as soon as possible."

Criscito sat out training on Monday morning.

Monda's operation is part of an investigation called "Last Bet" carried out by prosecutors in Cremona which focuses on 33 games over the past two seasons, the majority of which were in Serie B.

Earlier this month, the FIGC released a comprehensive 48-page list naming 22 clubs along with 61 individuals that have been reported to the football authorities in connection with a match-fixing ring and betting investigation.

Seventeen people were arrested by Italian police last year, including Atalanta captain Cristiano Doni.

Atalanta, who had been promoted to Serie A at the end of the 2010-11 season, began the recently completed campaign with a six-point deduction as punishment for match-fixing.

Doni was banned from football for three-and-a-half years by the FIGC's disciplinary committee.

[Macmoish]

Hmmmm!

Ex-QPR striker arrested in match-fixing scandal

May 28 2012 By Nick Skoric - Ubbridge Gazette

Ex-QPR striker Alessandro Pellicori was arrested this morning after police question his involvement in the latest match-fixing scandal to hit the Italian game.

Pellicori was signed in 2009 by former QPR manager Jim Magilton on a free transfer after the Italian forward impressed while on trial at Loftus Road.

The 30-year-old played his last game for the club in a 2-2 draw with West Brom in December 2009.

QPR terminated his contract by mutual consent in 2011 after the striker made only 10 appearances in all competitions and scored just once for the Hoops.

www.uxbridgegazette.co.uk/west-london-sport/qpr/2012/05/28/ex-qpr-striker-arrested-in-match-fixing-scandal-113046-31061972/

[Macmoish]

And THEN others pick up on it.
Clearly THE Cutting-Edge board

[Macmoish]

Obviously know nothing re Pellicori in Italy.
Do know we found his QPR Signing strange.
qprreport.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=26974

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[alqpr81]

I think the bit in bold up near the top referring to him as an 'Attacker' is pretty generous...I think 'Water Carrier' would be more accurate.

[Macmoish]

Must be a surreal experience being a Player in Italian Football!

GUARDIAN

Latest Italian match-fixing scandal met with both fury and weary resignation

Just six years on from the last major football match-fixing earthquake, Italy once again finds itself mired in scandal

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James Richardson

With a major international football tournament on the horizon Italy has once again been seized by a huge investigation into match-fixing. As yet it has not reached the magnitude of the 2006 Calciopoli affair, which left a shadow over Italy's World Cup triumph, but after police raided both the quarters of the national team and the home of Antonio Conte, manager of the Italian champions, Juventus, it's set to make as least as big a splash.

The roots of the latest scandal lie in the summer of 2011. After a member of Serie B side Cremonese suffered a serious car crash, tests showed that he and other members of the team had been drugged with sleeping pills. The culprit was one of their own teammates, Marco Paolini, who had been attempting to pay off a mounting series of gambling debts by arranging a series of defeats for his bookies. Cremonese's unexpected winning streak had forced him to take desperate measures.

It soon became clear that Paoloni was merely the tip of the iceberg. Famous names such as Atalanta's captain Cristiano Doni and the legendary Lazio striker Giuseppe Signori were arrested as evidence emerged of others willing to throw games, or procure others to fix results, for at least two international betting syndicates.

Phonetap evidence abounded, but not all of it was conclusive: Paolini would often boast of contacts with big-name players that he didn't have in the hope of earning a payout for a result that had actuallyin fact come about naturally.

Meanwhile, in the southern city of Bari a parallel inquiry investigation was underway that brought some extraordinary admissions. Bari's captain revealed that he had deliberately scored the own goal that saved their neighbours and biggest rivals from relegation. How angry were their fans about this? Not very; Bari's goalkeeper alleged that leaders of the club's own supporters were among those in on the fixes, on one occasion even visiting his house to urge him to lose, so they could make money on it.

Reactions in Italy to all this has have been mixed. While Atalanta's fans responded with fury to the news of Doni's involvement, for many other fansmany others just felt a sense of weary resignation. This is after all a nation still dealing with the fallout of the Calciopoli scandal, which saw Italy's biggest club, Juventus, stripped of two titles and relegated to Serie B. The idea that not everything in the game is strictly above board is hardly a revelation. Fans' expectations are at have been lowered to rock bottom.

And few expect much to change; when Juve were recently crowned champions for the first time since the 2006 scandal, they arbitrarily decided to reclaim the two lost titles. The Italian FA did nothing to stop them.

There is also a sense that this has so far been merely the foothills of the real scandal, with the big names yet to emerge. Monday morning's police actions have certainly obliged on that front. In the headline-grabbing early morning raid on the base of the Italian national side, police searched the room of defender Domenico Criscito and served him with an official notice of investigation.

Elsewhere in Rome, Lazio's captain, Stefano Mauri, was led away in handcuffs, one of 19 people arrested. The tactics are deliberately high profile and carry echoes of the Totonero scandal of 1980, which saw carabinieri waiting pitchside to arrest players as they came off at the final whistle.

The police case may take years to complete, but sporting sanctions will be immediate, for just as in 2006 the Italian FA is fast-tracking its own trials to have penalties in place for the start of the new season, with the first of the hearings beginning this Thursday in Rome.

More arrests will almost certainly follow in the next few weeks, and at least three Serie A clubs – Lazio, Genoa and Siena – may begin next season with significant points deductions. Beyond that though, the broader question is whether the Italian game will ever be truly free of match-fixing. "This investigation could go on eternally, if only we had the manpower," as one investigator put it.

Just six years on from the last major match-fixing earthquake, and with a succession of smaller tremors peppering the years before and since, that Italy should found itself again mired in scandal truly suggests that football here is not simply a sport, but rather a vehicle where – regardless of what happens on the field – everyone can win, if they have the right connections. In which case, the loser will always be football.

www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/may/28/italian-match-fixing-fury-resignation

[Macmoish]

TELEGRAPH

Euro 2012: Italy rocked by latest match-fixing investigation as defender Domenico Criscito is left out of squad
Italy’s Euro 2012 preparations have been thrown into chaos with defender Domenico Criscito omitted from Cesare Prandelli’s squad after being placed under investigation into alleged match-fixing.
Raid: Lazio captain Stefano Mauri (right) was arrested as part of the so-called Calcioscommesse sports betting scandal Photo: GETTY IMAGES

By Mark Ogden

11:00PM BST 28 May 2012

The Italians, who are due to face Group C opponents the Republic of Ireland in Poznan on June 18, were the subject of a police raid at the squad’s Coverciano base at 6.30am on Monday.

Officers searched the room of Zenit St Petersburg defender Criscito, who was not arrested, and informed the left-back that he would be investigated because prosecutors alleged he was photographed in a restaurant with match-fixing suspects during his time as a Genoa player. “I have nothing to do with this,” Criscito said. “I was only out for dinner with some Genoa fans.”

In the same operation, police arrested 17 people including Lazio captain Stefano Mauri and also placed Juventus manager Antonio Conte under investigation. Reports from Italy suggested former Italian striker Christian Vieri, who at one stage was the world’s most expensive player, was also being investigated. He has always denied rumours linking him to match-fixing.

But despite Criscito protesting his innocence, the president of the Italian Football Federation, former AC Milan midfielder Demetrio Albertini, revealed that high-level discussions led to him being removed from Prandelli’s 23-man squad.

“It has been a decision agreed between Prandelli and the federation,” Albertini said. “He [Criscito] was also sorry for the repercussions on the national team and on the dressing room. He explained some things to me and I believe his version and in his innocence.”

According to reports in Italy, Criscito’s house in Genoa has also been searched, but prosecutor Roberto Di Martino insisted that no other player in Italy squad was involved in the investigation.

“We shouldn’t place too much emphasis on the operation at Coverciano, it is a problem that concerns only Criscito and not other players in the national team at the moment.

“The notification of an impending investigation is a tool we have, but not a guilty judgment.”

Investigators believe that much of the match-rigging was organised by an eastern European gang known as The Gypsies, who allegedly paid out thousands of euros to players.

The wide-ranging investigation is the second match-fixing scandal to hit Italian football in recent years, with the infamous Calciopoli scandal of 2006 preceding Italy’s success at that summer’s World Cup.

That investigation, which led to Juventus being relegated and stripped of two Italian titles, continues to hang over Italian football and Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni, a former Italy manager, claimed that the latest probe would damage the country’s reputation even further.

“It is a devastating story,” Trapattoni said. “I, who have travelled abroad for some time, must say that we give an ugly image of our football. As an Italian, the first feeling is that we are mocked abroad, we are always linked to illicit dealings and are considered mafia members.

“This only damages us because I can claim to have paid the price for an attitude that affects everyone.”

www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/serie-a/9294215/Euro-2012-Italy-rocked-by-latest-match-fixing-investigation-as-defender-Domenico-Criscito-is-left-out-of-squad.html

[Macmoish]

La Gazetta Del Sporto

Betting scandal, Conte also under investigation

Mauri and Milanetto arrested
Milano, 28 May 2012

Match-fixing, 19 new arrests. Bertani, Acerbis, Pellicori, Turati, Gritti and Tisci remanded in custody, together with 6 other non-players involved. House arrest for Joelson and two associates of Sartor. Ruopolo and Conteh must sign in with police. No restrictions for Sculli despite the strong evidence against him, similar to that again Criscito and Kaladze. Conte's home searched

A wave of new arrest were carried out this morning at dawn throughout Italy in the 'Last Bet' match-fixing probe. Guido Salvini, the judge for preliminary investigations in Cremona, has ordered the following people to be remanded in custody: Stefano Mauri, captain of Lazio; Omar Milanetto, midfielder with Padova, ex-Genoa; Cristian Bertani, forward with Sampdoria, ex-Novara; Paolo Acerbis, goalkeeper with Vicenza; Alessandro Pellicori, former Torino striker; Marco Turati, defender with Modena; Matteo Gritti (arrested while on vacation in San Bendetto), goalkeeper with Romanian team Petrolul Ploiesti; Ivan Tisci, former goalkeeper and now sporting director. The investigators also want the arrest of Vittorio Gatti, truck driver and friend of Filippo Carobbio and other players, and five other persons believed to be part of the Hungarian "cell" of the criminal organisation involved in match-fixing in Italy: the boss Zoltan Kenesei, Matyas Lazar, Laszlo Schultz, Istvan Borgulya and Laszlo Strasser.

CRIMINAL ORGANISATION — A statement issued by the police in Cremona stated: "As of the break of dawn, agents of the national police in Cremona, Brescia, Alessandria, Bologna and the Central Operative Service (SCO) have been enforcing 19 restrictive measures and carrying out numerous searches in Italy and abroad against members of a transnational organisation involved in fixing football matches, operating in Italy and several other countries." "Among those arrested are Stefano Mauri, footballer and captain of SS Lazio, and Omar Milanetto, former player at Genoa and currently with Padova," added the statement, specifying that those involved must answer charges of "conspiracy to commit fraud and pre-determine the outcome of sporting events".

CONTE'S HOUSE SEARCHED — Among the searches in progress, one regards the house of Antonio Conte, current coach of league-winners Juventus and last year's coach of Siena, who is now also under investigation. There have also been searches at the homes of directors and players involved with Carobbio in the alleged fixing of Novara vs Siena and AlbinoLeffe vs Siena.

PELLISSIER TOO — Also searched this morning at 4:00 a.m. was the home of Chievo striker Sergio Pellissier in Fénis (north-western Italy). A search was also carried out at the Verona home of the player, who is now under investigation. Inside the villa various computers were seized, as well as iPads and USB drives that will be examined by investigators. Police also paid a visit to the home of Ascoli player Andrea Soncini, but for events relating to the time he spent playing for Grosseto.

BERTANI'S PHONE CARD — From the investigations underway, further evidence it has emerged from the statements provided by Gervasoni and Carobbio in relation to the role played by Bertani, who it appears was in possession of a crucial phone card given to him by Hristian Ilievski, one of the "gypsies", who remains a fugitive. An analysis of phone records and cells has verified Bertani's full involvement in the rigging of certain matches of Novara, including the one against Siena, which also happens to involve Antonio Conte.

COVERCIANO — Dark clouds are now hanging over Coverciano. At 6:25am unusual visitors arrived through the gates of the national football headquarters. Rumours spoke of a possible raid at dawn to seize material from an Azzurri player. The vehicles in question were a light coloured BMW and a black Punto with normal plates. Inside were 5 passengers, presumably police officers involved in the match-fixing investigation being carried out by prosecutors in Cremona. They were allowed in and then shown the housing quarters. Today Prandelli will make the cuts and name Italy's final 23 for Euro 2012.

SCULLI: THE JUDGE SAYS NO TO HIS ARREST — The prosecutor Roberto di Martino had requested the remanding in custody of other football players, but the GIP Salvini decided on alternative restrictive measures. House arrest for Joelson Inacio, the Brazilian player of Pergocrema who used to play for Grosseto, and for two business associates of former player Gigi Sartor – Luca Burini, promoter in China for a company from Emilia, who has already been accused of being the link with the Singapore syndicate, and Daniele Ragone, an accountant from Parma (the two men are also accused of money laundering). Francesco Ruopolo, the former AlbinoLeffe and Atalanta forward of Padova, and Kewullay Conteh, the former AlbinoLeffe, Grosseto and Piacenza defender, escaped arrest. They merely have to go and sign in twice a week at the police station as a "reward" for having collaborated during the last few weeks with the sports justice authorities. The Cremona prosecutor had asked for restrictions to be placed on Giuseppe Sculli, the former Lazio forward of Genoa, but despite all the evidence that has been collected against him, above all as regards the alleged fixing of the Lazio-Genoa match 4-2, the judge rejected the request whilst awaiting the results of further investigations that are currently underway.

THE ITALY TEAM INVOLVED — According to indiscretions, the investigations of the last few months appear to indicate that Domenico Criscito was involved in at least one match-fixing episode. The player is currently at Coverciano (this morning at 6.25 two cars arrived at Coverciano, presumably to carry out a search and collect material) with Cesare Prandelli and the Italy team. Also allegedly involved is Kakhaber Kaladze. Both were defenders at Genoa during the 2010-11 season. The telephone records, telephone cells and "special" sim cards are said to have provided investigators with hard evidence of the contacts between Mauri and Bertani, and the group of Gypsies, as well as the willingness of the two players to fix matches in exchange for sums of money. A number of players' houses are currently being searched. New evidence is said to have been acquired in relation to Lazio-Genoa 4-2, Lecce-Lazio 2-4 and Novara-Siena 2-2. The Prosecutor's office of Cremona is expected to provide further details at a late morning press conference.



english.gazzetta.it/Football/28-05-2012/betting-scandal-conte-also-under-investigation-mauri-and-milanetto-arrested-911368330318.shtml

[Macmoish]

A piece focusing Pellicori and the charges re Pellicori, all-in-Italian!

L'ex bomber nel fango delle scommesse Le partite "sospette" sono: Brescia-Mantova, Cittadella-Mantova, Empoli-Mantova e Siena-Torino
www.gazzettadelsud.it/NotiziaArchivio.aspx?art=70232&Edizione=8&A=20120529


Web "Translation"
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[Lonegunmen]

Perhaps they could release a list of Italian players NOT caught up with some sort of match fixing? All-be-it, a short one but hey, one lives in hope.

[blatantfowl]

Pellicori should have been arrested 2 years ago for his performances in the hoops

[Macmoish]

As a QPR Player, he was what he was. Not really fair to blame him (or Ukah or Armel or various others) for not being better.

More fair to blame the person who brought him (and all the others) to QPR...

[blatantfowl]

May 29, 2012 8:48:41 GMT Macmoish said:

As a QPR Player, he was what he was. Not really fair to blame him (or Ukah or Armel or various others) for not being better.

More fair to blame the person who brought him (and all the others) to QPR...

It is fair in my opinion..although I am judging him only on the one time I saw him in the flesh. Regardless of ability, he just didn't try.

I wonder if they are mistaking the same characteristic now he has been arrested over match-fixing claims? Now that would be unfair, to be branded a cheat when in fact you are only lazy and rubbish.

[wallywest]

Video of the arrest of Pellicori

[Macmoish]

Everything seems very calm!

[haqpr1963]

He has obviously been training hard. He never moved that fast when he was with us....