Football: 12 charged over South Korea match-fixing
The players are accused of receiving money from brokers trying to fix results of two games in April.
South Korean prosecutors said they have charged 12 people including 10 players with involvement in match-fixing that has rattled the K-League.
The players are accused of receiving money from brokers trying to fix results of two games in April, said a spokesman for the prosecutors’ office in the southeastern city of Changwon.
Eight of them are from the Daejeon Citizen team. One team member is accused of receiving $110,600 and distributing it to seven others.
The Daejeon players were asked to throw a match against the Pohang Steelers on April 6, which Daejeon ended up losing 3-0.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 10th, 2011.
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