SL businessman jailed over football match-fixing plot

A footballer and two Asian businessmen have been jailed for plotting to fix the results of English lower league matches.

Michael Boateng, 22, was found guilty along with businessmen Chann Sankaran and Krishna Ganeshan of conspiracy to commit bribery following a four-week trial at Birmingham crown court.

Singaporean Sankaran, 34, and Sri Lankan-born Ganeshan, 44, labelled in court as “the controlling minds” behind efforts to influence the outcome of matches in League Two and the Conference South, were jailed for five years each.

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Source: The Guardian (UK)