Juventus leaders involved in another scandal

A scandal involving Italian football worsened with the revelation that Juventus CEO Antonio Giraudo is under investigation for false accounting.
 
A magistrate’s investigation into Giraudo related to Juventus transfers, has been underway. The club already has had to deal with two magistrates’ investigations looking into the business operations of general manager Luciano Moggi. Telephone taps published in Italian newspapers, featuring conversations between Moggi and senior federation officials about appointing referees to certain matches, have led the federation to open its own investigation.
 
Moggi is being investigated by magistrates in Naples and Rome in two separate cases involving football gambling and the operation of a management company owned by Moggi's son Alessandro. The GEA management firm has nearly 200 players and coaches on its books, and Rome magistrates have put them under investigation for “illegal competition with use of threats and violence.”
 
The fallout from the publication of the telephone taps has led Football Federation president Franco Carraro to resign. Juventus, whose owners have declined to publicly back Moggi and Giraudo, have a board meeting scheduled Thursday. The club, which is trying to retain the league title, is three points clear of AC Milan with a match remaining.

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