Juventus fined 15 factors for questionable transfers

Juventus have been fined 15 league factors by Italy’s sporting justice for accounting fraud throughout participant transfers, the Italian Soccer Federation introduced on Friday night.

Juve was acquitted together with ten different golf equipment within the case within the spring of 2022, however the Federation’s Courtroom of Enchantment granted the request of the federal prosecutor to reopen the case for the Turin membership solely, bearing in mind the weather handed over to the Italian justice, which can be investigating the accounts of the “outdated signoria”, in accordance with the press- launch of the federation.

By imposing this 15-point penalty on Juve, which “have to be served within the present season” in accordance with the phrases of this press launch, the case went past the calls for of the prosecutor, who demanded that 9 factors be deducted.

The Courtroom of Enchantment additionally imposed long-term disqualifications on the previous managers of the Turin membership: for 2 and a half years on the previous sports activities director Fabio Paratici, who’s at the moment enjoying for Tottenham, and on two years on the ex-president Andrea Agnelli, who formally resigned. week.

And right here the sanctions are stronger than the requisitions of the federal prosecutor Giuseppe Kine.

Juventus have the choice of difficult the sanction earlier than the Italian Olympic Committee (IOC), which considerably reduces their probabilities of ending within the high 4 of Serie A and thus competing in subsequent season’s profitable Champions League.

Whereas different golf equipment have been initially prosecuted, Juventus have at all times been on the forefront of the case, accused of considerably inflating the switch costs of some gamers with a purpose to file artificially inflated capital positive factors of their accounts.

Juve can be the topic of a authorized investigation into attainable accounting fraud to artificially restrict its losses in steadiness sheet reviews introduced to traders.

In early December, the prosecutor’s workplace in Turin demanded the dismissal of Andrea Agnelli and eleven different former managers. This request needs to be thought of on the finish of March.

Andrea Agnelli introduced his resignation on the finish of November underneath authorized stress. His successor within the presidency, Gianluca Ferrero, was formally put in on Wednesday.

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