Investigators find €100m in connection with Catania scandal

Catania president is among those currently under arrest

 

  ROME - After having searched one of the seven under arrest following the Catania match fixing probe, investigators have discovered €100m in cash as well as several articles and notes that contain references to the Sicilian club and to the sums of money paid for match wins.

  The house of Piero Di Luzio, associated with Genoa FC, was searched on Monday and found to contain a sort of ledger in which annotations detailed how best to involve and corrupt players.

  Agents from the Catanian state police department further seized the €100m in cash which had been concealed in various sections of a falsified ceiling in the house of the arrested also uncovering hidden microphones and radio-frequency devices.

  The Head of the Justice system in Catania, Fabio Di Giacomo, has decided that the interrogations of the seven shall begin on Monday, June 29.

  The accused were arrested earlier this week for their involvement in a match fixing scandal in which the Serie B outfit Calcio Catania are alleged to have bought at least four match wins toward the end of the 2014/15 season.

  Amongst those detained was the club’s president Antonino Pulvirenti and several players are also thought to have been involved.