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Former Austria International Sanel Kuljic Sentenced to Five-Year Jail Term for Match-Fixing
Former Austria international Sanel Kuljic has been sentenced to five years in prison for match-fixing.
Sanel Kuljic during a trial at the main court in Graz, Austria.© AP
Graz, Austria:
A criminal court has sentenced former Austria international Sanel Kuljic to five years in prison for match-fixing.
Another former professional player, Dominique Taboga, has been given a three-year prison term for his role in the betting scam, which included manipulation of 18 domestic league games in Austria's first and second divisions between 2004 and last October.
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Eight of the 10 defendants were handed prison sentences while two others were released because of lack of evidence.
The players allegedly received between 7,000 and 25,000 euros ($9,375-$33,485) per match to influence the outcome of the games, enabling their backers from Austria, Albania, Serbia and Chechnya to earn betting profits.
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