(ANSA) - Rome, October 28 - Sixteen Serie A and B clubs
including Juventus, Inter, Napoli, Lazio and Palermo, were
reported to Italian soccer's federal court Friday for a series
of violations of code of sporting justice and the regulations
governing players' agents, the Italian Soccer Federation (FIGC)
said.
Executives and players of the clubs were cited too in the
'Offside' probe conducted by Naples prosecutors, the FIGC said.
The probe placed 64 people under investigation including
players, agents and executives on suspicion of tax offences, tax
evasion and issuing false invoices.
Transfer deals reportedly involving Juventus, AC Milan and
Lazio were among those suspected of being tainted, police said
in January.
Finance police searched the premises of some 30 soccer
players and agents and seized assets worth 12 million euros in
the probe.
Execs under investigation include Aldo Spinelli (formerly
at Livorno), Jean Claude Blanc and Alessio Secco (Juventus),
Aurelio de Laurentiis and Pierpaolo Marino (Napoli), Giorgio
Perinetti (Siena), Giovanni Sartori (Chievo), Igor Campedelli
(Cesena), Piero Leonardi (Parma) and Mario Cognigni
(Fiorentina).
As for the current and former players, they include Ciro
Immobile (at the time of the alleged offences at Juventus
Genoa), Guglielmo Stendardo (Atalanta), Francesco Tavano
(Livorno), Massimo Oddo (Milan and Lecce), Emanuele Calaio'
(Napoli and Siena), Salvatore Aronica (Palermo), Erion Bogdani
(Verona, Cesena and Siena), Giuseppe Sculli (Genoa and
Lazio), Pasquale Foggia (Lazio e Sampdoria), Adrian Mutu
(Fiorentina), Hernan Crespo, Diego Milito, Thiago Motta and
Hugo Campagnaro (Inter), and German Denis (Atalanta).
As for the agents, Alessandro Moggi and Riccardo Calleri
were cited.
Naples prosecutors said Crespo evaded two million euros in
Italian taxes, and agent Moggi (son of disgraced former Juve
chief Luciano Moggi) evaded one million euros.
The probe by Naples prosecutors began in 2012.
photo: FIGC President Carlo Tavecchio
Soccer: 16 Serie A, B clubs cited (3)
Including Juve, Inter and Napoli