Soccer: Foggia ex-VP nabbed for mafia (2)

(ANSA) - Milan, December 4 - Benevento coach Roberto De Zerbi, the former manager of Serie B club Foggia, was paid under the table by former Foggia vice president Ruggiero Massimo Curci, arrested for money laundering in a tax-dodge scam Monday, judicial sources said. De Zerbi, whose current side won its forts Serie A point with a goalie header against AC Milan Sunday, allegedly received 15,000 euros, part of off-the-books wages to managers and players, sources said.
    Curci was arrested in a Milan mafia probe into tax dodging, police said Monday.
    Curci, an accountant who is currently Foggia honorary VP, is accused of orchestrating a "huge" tax-dodging and money laundering scheme, police said.
    He allegedly received some 600,000 euros in illegal gains from businessmen involved in the scheme, police said.