Two men were charged Thursday with conspiracy to defraud as part of an
investigation into a suspected Singapore-based international betting syndicate
which allegedly fixed non-league football matches in England.
Dwight Lowery Jersey . The National Crime
Agency, which is leading the investigation, said a seventh person had also been
arrested following an undercover operation by Britains Daily Telegraph
newspaper. He has been released on bail with the four others. ChannSankaran, a
33-year-old Singapore national, and Krishna Sanjey Ganeshan, a 43-year-old with
dual British and Singapore nationality, will appear at a magistrates court in
Cannock, central England, on Friday, the NCA said. They have been charged with
conspiring to defraud bookmakers "by influencing the course of football matches
and placing bets thereon" between Nov. 1-26. The maximum prison sentence for the
offence is 10 years. "The Crown Prosecutions Organised Crime Division found
sufficient evidence and was satisfied it was in the public interest toauthorize
charges of conspiracy to defraud," the NCA said in a statement. The Telegraph
reported that three of the original six people arrested are footballers, with
another reportedly a former Premier League player who is now an agent. Games
played in the fifth tier or lower of English football are the focus of the
investigation, with the Premier League confirming Thursday that it has not been
contacted by police in relation to the case. The Football League, which runs the
three professional divisions below the Premier League, has already said it has
not been involved in the investigation. The fifth-tier Football Conference said
it is "aware" of the alleged match-fixing case. "The Football Conference takes
all matters relating to the integrity of the game very seriously," it said in a
statement, "but it cannot make any comment on todays story as it would be
inappropriate to do so." The Telegraphs website published a covertly recorded
video in which it says one of the fixers claimed matches could be fixed for
50,000 pounds ($81,380). He also claimed to have connections with Wilson Raj
Perumal, the Singaporean who was sentenced to two years in prison in Finland in
2011 for bribing players in the Finnish football league. Match-fixing, fuelled
by unregulated betting markets in Asia, is widely viewed by footballs
authorities as one of the biggest scourges on the game. Europol, the European
Union police liaison agency, said in February that it reviewed 680 suspicious
recent cases of match-fixing but the organizations chief of media and PR, Soren
Pedersen, said Thursday he was unable to comment on whether this latest case was
linked to that investigation. "Unfortunately, this is not a problem that has
disappeared," Pedersen told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
"Theres definitely enough for police still to do to look into this crime
phenomenon." The last major match-rigging convictions in English football were
in the 1960s. Peter Swan, David Bronco Layne and Tony Kay, who were all in or on
the fringe of the England team, were jailed for four months and banned for life
for corruption. In 1994, three then-Premier League players -- goalkeepers Bruce
Grobbelaar and Hans Segers and striker John Fashanu -- were alleged by a
newspaper to have fixed matches. The trio was acquitted following two trials
after juries were unable to reach a verdict. And in 1999, four men linked to a
Malaysian-based betting syndicate were jailed for three years for plotting to
sabotage floodlights ahead of Charltons match against Liverpool that year as
part of a match-fixing plot. "Its no surprise to see that it has hit the U.K.,"
Pedersen said of the latest global wave of match-fixing cases. "Its not only
south-east Asia that has problems, but Greece, Albania, Turkey and Italy of
course. Its in central and northern Europe. Even a country like Finland, which
is not normally linked to bribery or corruption, have had several cases. Also in
Hungary, there are things going on. Its practically all over Europe." One of the
biggest recent alleged fixing plots was unearthed in Australia where four
English players were charged in September in a criminal investigation. Before
heading to Australia to play for the Melbourne club Southern Stars, the men
played in Englands lower leagues.
LaDainian Tomlinson Chargers Jersey . Still,
after the starts theyve had the last couple of seasons, they cant help but feel
good about it. Brian Bogusevic drove in the go-ahead run after Jose Altuve
scored on Jordan Pachecos throwing error to tie it in the eighth inning and the
Astros beat the Colorado Rockies 3-2 Sunday to win their opening series.
Joey Bosa Chargers Jersey . Florida State
quarterback Jameis Winston was being investigated for sexual assault, and his
Heisman Trophy stock was falling.NEW YORK -- Rangers centre Dominic Moore will
be sidelined for seven to 10 days because of a strained oblique muscle sustained
early in a win this week over the New York Islanders. Moore logged just over 4
minutes of ice time Tuesday and didnt play in the final two periods of New Yorks
3-2 win. The 33-year-old Moore, who played in the Rangers first 11 games this
season, sat out Thursday night when New York hosted the Buffalo Sabres.
Brandon Mashinter, a healthy scratch iin the Rangers previous three games,
replaced Moore in the lineup.
Donald Butler Chargers Jersey. Mashinters
only game action this season was a four-minute stint against Philadelphia last
week. The Rangers are already missing top forward Rick Nash (concussion) and
captain Ryan Callahan (broken thumb). Callahan took park in the teams morning
skate Thursday for the first time since he was injured on Oct. 16. He wore a
non-contact jersey, but could return in a week to 10 days.
Cheap Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys
Cheap Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys ' ' '