London police nabs four in English football corruption probe

Four people have been arrested by the London police in a continuing investigation into English football fraud.

London police nabs four in English football corruption probe Four people have been arrested as part of a continuing investigation into English football fraud, London police said. The cops declined to name the arrested, but said their age was 69, 55, 48 and 30. City of London police said the men were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting, an investigation still in the works and three separate searches were being conducted today, in relations to the case. According to the authorities, two other men were questioned earlier this year in connection with the same investigation into English football corruption, which has initiated more than an year ago, one of them rumored to be Tottenham Hotspur defender Pascal Chimbonda.

According to the British Guardian, the investigation follows the launching of an inquiry into transfer deals between English Premier League clubs and found serious breaches of the sport's rules. The Premier League has commented that the breaches of the rules being considered include payments by clubs directly to third parties and failure to disclose payments made by agents to other agents or third parties.

Published on 11/28/2007