ZURICH: Seven current and former players from various countries have been banned for life for their involvement in a match-manipulation following an investigation lasting several years, football’s governing body FIFA said on Wednesday. FIFA said the investigation centred around matches which convicted Singapore-based match fixer Wilson Raj Perumal attempted to manipulate for betting purposes. FIFA […]
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German authorities raid homes, offices in tax fraud probe
German prosecutors have searched over a dozen offices and homes across the country as part of their investigation into a massive tax fraud going back more than a decade, officials said Thursday. The scheme involved so-called cum-ex transactions in which participants would lend each other shares so they could collect reimbursement for taxes they hadn’t […]