Did you guys seem to forget about the Olympique Marseille scandal in 1994 or did you just bypass it??
Bernard Tapie was accused of fixing the match between his club and minor club Valenciennes; the motivation seemed to be that, in this way, he could save his best players for important matches and not waste their energy. His club was stripped of its French league championship, though not of the Champions League title, and later suffered a forced relegation to the second division because of financial irregularities widely blamed on Tapie. In 1994, Tapie was put under criminal investigation for complicity of corruption and subornation of witnesses. After a high profile case against public prosecutor Éric de Montgolfier he was sentenced in 1995 by the Court of Appeals of Douai to 2 years in prison, including 8 months non-suspended, and 3 years of deprivation of his civic rights. He was incarcerated for about 6 months in 1997.
Bernard Tapie was also prosecuted for tax fraud.
2006-08-17
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