The 3 6 players of Levante and Zaragoza accused of rigging the match played in May 2011 in Valencian have been acquitted of the crime of sports fraud , as reflected in the judgment of the Criminal Court number 7 of Valencia, brought to the attention of the parties on the morning of this Monday.
Judge Manuel Aleis does condemn the former president of Zaragoza, Agapito Iglesias and the directors Javier Porquera and Francisco Checa for one year and three months in prison for the crime of documentary falsehood in the payrolls that made the players of the Aragonese team sign to justify the exit of 1.7 million from the coffers of the club, on the verge of the bankruptcy at the time.
This macro-trial has been the first in which the 41 defendants are soccer players, coaches and managers and have sat on the bench for an alleged adulteration of the competition without there being betting mafias involved , but only for sports reasons, in this case, ensure permanence in First.
36 players, a coach and four former managers have been prosecuted in a case that began with the confession of a mysterious former player from Zaragoza to Javier Tebas, who explained that on the last day of the 2010/11 season, Levante- Zaragoza was rigged. The Aragonese team used, as defended by the Prosecutor's Office, LaLiga and Deportivo de la Coruña, 1.7 million euros to bribe the Levante players , who in that last game of the season did not play anything.
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