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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=yspsctnhdln>Eight men charged with fraud over match-fixing allegations</TD></TR><TR><TD height=7><SPACER height="1" type="block" width="1"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><SPAN class=ysptimedate>October 5, 2006</SPAN>
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Eight men were charged with fraud over allegations they tried to bribe players to fix matches in the German lower divisions and Austrian top league.
A 45-year-old unidentified Asian man and his 24-year-old Lebanese accomplice are accused of being ringleaders in trying to fix 10 games on behalf of Asian bettors, Frankfurt prosecutor Silke Huettig said Thursday.
A former Serbian player and coach, two African players, and a Portuguese and German man are among those charged. None of their names have been released.
The two ringleaders, who have been under arrest since March, allegedly attempted to fix games in 2005. An African third-division player who was approached alerted authorities to the scheme.
In a separate match-fixing scheme, a Berlin court in November sentenced former referee Robert Hoyzer to two years, five months in prison and Croatian ringleader Ante Sapina to nearly three years.
They were found guilty of being a part of a ring that fixed or attempted to fix 23 games, mostly in Germany's lower divisions.
Sapina's two brothers and another referee were given suspended sentences.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Eight men were charged with fraud over allegations they tried to bribe players to fix matches in the German lower divisions and Austrian top league.
A 45-year-old unidentified Asian man and his 24-year-old Lebanese accomplice are accused of being ringleaders in trying to fix 10 games on behalf of Asian bettors, Frankfurt prosecutor Silke Huettig said Thursday.
A former Serbian player and coach, two African players, and a Portuguese and German man are among those charged. None of their names have been released.
The two ringleaders, who have been under arrest since March, allegedly attempted to fix games in 2005. An African third-division player who was approached alerted authorities to the scheme.
In a separate match-fixing scheme, a Berlin court in November sentenced former referee Robert Hoyzer to two years, five months in prison and Croatian ringleader Ante Sapina to nearly three years.
They were found guilty of being a part of a ring that fixed or attempted to fix 23 games, mostly in Germany's lower divisions.
Sapina's two brothers and another referee were given suspended sentences.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>