Forest owner match fixing charges (in Greece)

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story -http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-41916481

[TIL 1010 5,303]

So he passed the '' fit and proper '' person test say no more. Makes you wonder who actually looks at the history of these guys.

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"He has faced no action over allegedly being involved in the bombing of a referee''s bakery."rather puts our chants of " you don''t know what you are doing" into perspective

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Hopefully this isn''t the type of ''outside investment'' you were suggesting Mr Til

"In 2015, the Public Prosecutor and the Council of Judges acquitted Marinakis in relation to the Koriopolis match-fixing investigation, that begun in 2011, that was launched after UEFA gave Greek authorities a report citing irregular betting patterns, mostly involving Greek Cup and second division games in 2009 and 2010. He was accused of participating in a match-fixing criminal network with links with seven countries. At the time, UEFA officials said no action was presently being considered against Olympiacos regarding its participation in the Champions League in the following season, because evidence in the Greek investigation cast no doubt over its 2010-11 league victory. Marinakis was charged with complicity to commit acts of bribery and match manipulation, of instigation and facilitating acts of violence. Marinakis, along with the president of second-division club Ilioupoli, Giorgos Tsakogiannis and others, cooperated so that a group of hardcore Olympiacos fans would travel on 13 March 2011 to a third division match and provoke riots to bring about a penalty. The prosecutor’s report says that "Tsakogiannis informed [Ioannis] Papadopoulos that he had made arrangements and Evangelos Marinakis was aware of the plan for Olympiacos fans to cause riots". Marinakis was acquitted from all charges by the Prosecutor, Panagiotis Poulios, and the Council of Judges.

In 2014, Marinakis was acquitted by the Three Members Court of First

Instance relatively to the case of entering the referee''s (Thanassis

Yiachos''s) locker room at halftime during the football cup final between Olympiacos and Asteras Tripolis,

against football regulations to complain about the decisions taken.

Marinakis stated that he went to the referee’s locker room at halftime

only to wish match officials "good luck". Olympiacos went on and won the

match 3-1, after a tense 1-1 at halftime. In 2015 Marinakis was also acquitted by the Three Members Court of Appeals for the same case.

Another investigation which led to the 2015 Greek football scandal, started in 2014 after prosecutor Aristidis Koreas was given the go-ahead by a council of judges to make use of secretly recorded phone conversations that point to the involvement of various sports officials, including

Evangelos Marinakis. According to Koreas, "the president of Olympiakos

and close associates approached and tried to use policemen, judges,

politicians and other powerful figures for their own ends as part of the

planning and establishment of a criminal organization".According to the prosecutor, Marinakis was helped by the President of

the Greek Football Association, Giorgos Sarris, to choose specific

referees to oversee key games. He has repeatedly denied all charges:

"These allegations have nothing to do with me and have no effect on me

whatsoever," Marinakis said. "There is not one shred of evidence against

me." On 3 October 2014, Aristidis Koreas, though he was replaced as athletic prosecutor, he remained on the case.

Evangelos Marinakis was questioned on 18 June 2015 and he was released

on a €200,000 bail. He was also forced to stop being involved in any

football activity, as well as he must report to a police station every

15 days.In September 2016, the prosecutor proposed the imprisonment of Mr Marinakis"

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The fit and proper person test is a joke.

[hogesar 10,949]

The fit and proper test is probably just a form along the lines of:

Name :

Do you have money? (Circle relevant answer): Yes / No / Maybe

Criminal History (optional):

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[quote user="hogesar"]The fit and proper test is probably just a form along the lines of:

Name :

Do you have money? (Circle relevant answer): Yes / No / Maybe

Criminal History (optional):[/quote]I had thought it was simply on the lines of1.  are you a fit and proper person to own a football club ? 2..... err, that''s it