Former Juve Boss Moggi Gets More than Five Years in Prison
Former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi was sentenced to five years and four months in jail on Tuesday for his role in the 2006 Calciopoli match-fixing scandal.
Fiorentina owners Andrea and Diego Della Valle and Lazio president Claudio Lotito received sentences of 15 months, though, they will not have to serve them as under Italian law sentences under two years don't require the guilty party to serve time.
Paolo Bergamo, the former referees' selector, was sentenced to three years and eight months in jail.
Moggi was judged to be the man chiefly to blame for the scandal and was found guilty on two counts including 'sporting fraud'.
The match-fixing scandal came to light in 2006 after telephone conversations revealed how selection of referees for league matches in 2005 and 2006 were being manipulated.
Juventus were hit hard by Calciopoli as they were stripped of their last two Serie A titles in 2005 and 2006 and relegated to Serie B.
Inte Milan were the only one of Italy's big three clubs -- the other being AC Milan -- not to be punished while Fiorentina, Lazio and Reggina were also docked points.
All the convicted parties were likely to appeal their sentences which will allow Della Valle and Lotito to remain in their positions.
The prosecutor Stefano Capuano said the penalties handed down showed the court case had not been a pointless exercise.
"This trial was not a farce, it was not 'Farsopoli'."
Source: Agence France Presse
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