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Match-fixing: Two charged over English football claims | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Two people have been charged over alleged match-fixing in English football, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said. | |
Singapore national Chann Sankaran, 33, and Krishna Sanjey Ganeshan, 43, who has dual UK and Singapore nationality, are charged with conspiracy to defraud. | |
They were among six people held earlier this week, and a seventh person has now been arrested. | |
The BBC understands that none is linked to professional football clubs. | |
Mr Sankaran and Mr Ganeshan, who are alleged to be members of an illegal betting syndicate, are accused of committing the offences in "Manchester and elsewhere". | |
The NCA said the four other people arrested earlier this week were bailed on Thursday pending further inquiries. | |
At least three footballers are reported to be among those held across the country, | |
Sources have told the BBC one of the other suspects is former Premier League player Delroy Facey, now a football agent. | |
Mr Sankaran and Mr Ganeshan are alleged to have conspired with each other and others "to defraud bookmakers by influencing the course of football matches and placing bets thereon". | Mr Sankaran and Mr Ganeshan are alleged to have conspired with each other and others "to defraud bookmakers by influencing the course of football matches and placing bets thereon". |
The NCA said the maximum sentence for the offences was 10 years in prison. | The NCA said the maximum sentence for the offences was 10 years in prison. |