TALLINN, December 2 (R-Sport) – Eleven footballers have been charged in Estonia with fixing 17 matches, including three in the Europa League, prosecutors said Monday.
Prosecutors said the men were part of a match-fixing conspiracy covering teams in Estonia, Lithuania and Ukraine who allegedly agreed to fix results and signed players based on their willingness to fix games.
“The teams looked for individuals who were ready to play in such a way that events took place in a predetermined way, or that the desired results were achieved,” Estonia’s Public Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement.
The 11 players allegedly earned a total of over 108,000 euros ($146,000) from match-fixing between June 2011 and November 2012.
There was no word on which particular matches were fixed, and the players were identified only by their first names and ages. As well as the three Europa League games, prosecutors said 12 Estonian league games were fixed, as well as one game each in the Estonian Cup and Lithuanian league.
