Italy manager Antonio Conte is
facing a possible indictment for sporting fraud for allegedly
failing to report match-fixing during his spell at the helm of
second-tier Siena in 2010-2011, prosecutors in Cremona said
Monday.
Also among 130 facing indictment are Lazio captain Stefano
Mauri, former Atalanta skipper and Italy international Cristiano
Doni and former Lazio and Italy striker Beppe Signori, for
alleged conspiracy, judicial sources said.
Conte has already served a ban inflicted by the Italian
Soccer Federation (FIGC) in connection with the Cremona-based
'Last Bet' criminal probe.
The ban was cut from 10 months to four on appeal at the
start of the 2012-2013 season, and had little impact on JUve's
run to the second of their three straight scudettos under the
former Juve and Italy midfielder.
Former Bari defender Andrea Masiello, one of the players
at the centre of the scandal, was given a suspended 22-month
prison sentence in October 2012 after a plea bargain with
prosecutors.
Masiello, who was banned from soccer by a sporting
tribunal, admitted to deliberately scoring an own goal to
ensure Bari lost 2-0 to Lecce in the 2010-11 campaign, when they
were relegated to Serie B.
A Bari court found the 26-year-old guilty of criminal
association and sporting fraud regarding the fixing of four
matches.
The latest case has rocked the Italian soccer world again
after Juventus were relegated and stripped of two Serie A titles
for involvement in the Calciopoli match-fixing scandal in 2006,
just ahead of the World Cup Italy won that year under Marcello
Lupi.
That scandal regarded schemes to have compliant referees
officiate some teams' matches.
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