Shane 338 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 CBC News has learned details of how a European crime syndicate bribed Canadian soccer players to fix a semi-professional game between Trois-Rivières and Toronto teams as part of an international match-fixing scheme to make money from online bets.In an exclusive story led by CBC's senior investigative reporter Diana Swain that airs tonight on The National, CBC News reveals evidence of the match-fixed Canadian Soccer League game that surfaced in hundreds of hours of police wiretaps obtained by CBC News from a German court case on one of the largest sports-fixing scandals to hit Europe.At least one game in the CSL, a semi-pro league operating in Ontario and Quebec as a feeder system for Canadian major league clubs, was compromised by match fixing, according to the German wiretap transcripts.Wiretaps show the crime syndicate targeted a Sept. 12, 2009, game in Trois-Rivières between its home team, Attak, and the Toronto Croatia.Court documents show that €15,000 ($18,000 Cdn) in bribes were paid to several players on the Toronto Croatia team...Full story: http://www.cbc.ca/ne...tch-fixing.htmlWhere's our pro tipster at lately? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philiprfc 1,799 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Pretty certain one of my mates used to play for Toronto Croatia. He's in a team just now with a lot of Croatian guys and a Croatian coach, but I think it's with his college. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC55 108,716 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Jelavic's uncle done it Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmiston Drive 3,846 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Was there not allegations made in the 50s that a dublin Glasgow team may have allegedly been involved in something similar to stave off relegation, just recall many people used to talk about this. Was alleged they had a horrendous season as they tried to play a team based on certain beliefs, so many understand this was the case.I have no proof of this merely recall the allegations.Our was it just good old Glaswegian humour Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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