Juventus and Moggi charged after second match-fixing probe

Juventus, its former general manager Luciano Moggi and match officials have been charged in the second part of a probe into the 2006 match-fixing scandal, the FIGC said yesterday.

Moggi had already been banned for five years after the first part of the probe for leading attempts to secure compliant referees for some teams' games. He is now accused of giving foreign mobile telephone SIM cards to match officials to create a secret system of communication with them.

Moggi is also accused of breaking FIGC rules by carrying out the functions of a club director for Messina, now a Serie B side, while he was also a senior executive of Juventus.

Nine current and former referees and assistants, along with a former refereeing official, are accused of using the SIM cards provided by Moggi.

Juventus, who were relegated to Serie B when the first wave of punishments for the scandal was handed out in 2006, have been charged because Moggi was working for them at the time of the alleged offences.