Former Juventus director Luciano Moggi found guilty of sporting fraud in Calciopoli scandal
The Tribunal of Naples has found Luciano Moggi guilty of sporting fraud and has sentenced the former Juventus general director to five years and four months in prison.
Moggi will not spend any time in jail, though, due to the intricacies of Italian law. Since this is a first-degree sentence, there are several levels of appeal which Moggi can utilise.
Former refereeing designators Paolo Bergamo and Pierluigi Pairetto have been sentenced to three years and eight months, and one year and 11 months respectively for their roles in the Calciopoli scandal, while Fiorentina owners Diego and Andrea Della Valle and Lazio president Claudio Lotito have all been condemned to one year and three months apiece.
"I absolutely did not expect this sentence," said Maurilio Prioreschi, one of Moggi's attorneys. "We have only lost the first round, we will try to turn the situation around in appeal.
"We will do everything until we have justice. Moggi is devastated, he does not understand how he has been given this sentence.
"We now have 90 days to know the grounds for the decision and prepare our defence for the appeal."
The 74-year-old Moggi had already been banned from football for life for his involvement inthe organised action which involved a network of phone calls with former referees and designators as well as former FIGC (Italian Football Association) officials.
