9 hours agoTruko fights and connects to the mafia, gets five-year prison sentence for Serie A player
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)Monza defender in Serina A, Armando Izzo, has been sentenced to five years in prison by the Italian court as involved in tricking football matches but organised crime. The footballer was sentenced to prison by the VI criminal section of the Naples Court for participating in the mafia organisation “Camorra”, but for manipulation of the results of [...]
Naples's prosecutor, Maurizio De Marco, had searched for the Nazi player born in 1992, 4 years and 10 months in prison during his indictment. The facts that Izzo was convicted of date since he played at Serie B for Avellino. The central legal match is Modena-Avellino, played on May 17, 2014.
Izzo's cousin, Umberto Accurso, head of the Mafia clan “Vinella Grasci of Secondigliano”, and Salvatore Russo, believed to be linked to the same clan, were also sentenced, both to a year and a half in prison. For Deputy Prosecutor De Marco, the brothers Antonio and Umberto Accurso (headers of the Vanella Grassi clan), first using Salvatore Russo as mediator, and then directly, sent him a large sum of money, of 30 thousand euros, Izzo and other Awellino players, to fake the match.
The football agent described the charges as untrue and said the name IZZo would be cleared very soon.
As far as football life is concerned, 31-year-old Italian defender played for several Genoa seasons, but even in Turin.
Regarding the case, Monza's own team has reacted, where football player aced this season: “AC Monza has learned that her player, Armando Izzo, has been first convicted of crimes related to Camorra and sports fraud. AC Monza expresses total proximity and support to Armando, convinced of his connection to the criminal environment. Football lawyers are disappointed with the sentence and expect to read the reasons; after which they will file a complaint”- writes the club.
