• Kaneria guilty of corruption and bringing game into disrepute • Mervyn Westfield also guilty of one offence

Danish Kaneria, the former Pakistan leg-spinner, has been found guilty of two charges of breaching the England and Wales Cricket Board's anti-corruption code. Kaneria had appeared at a disciplinary hearing this week with Mervyn Westfield, his former Essex team-mate who claimed he was involved in the spot-fixing scandal for which he served a jail term earlier this year.

Westfield has also been charged with one offence under the ECB regulations. The ECB will announce its punishment later on Friday.

Kaneria was accused in a British court in February of pressuring Westfield into spot-fixing during a match against Durham on 5 September, 2009. Westfield pleaded guilty and was jailed for four months.

The ECB's disciplinary panel concluded that Kaneria acted as a recruiter for Anu Bhatt, who is described in the ECB's summary as "an Indian businessman who, prior to November 2007, had come to the notice of the Anti-Corruption & Security Unit (ACSU) of the International Cricket Council as allegedly being heavily involved in illegal betting".

They concluded that Kaneria approached "a number of potential targets" at Essex and that he introduced Bhatt to Westfield with the intention that Westfield should be recruited into spot-fixing.

The panel said Kaneria put pressure on Westfield, "well knowing that he was young and vulnerable", to get involved.

Kaneria had contested the two ECB charges and the 31-year-old was initially arrested in connection with the criminal case by Essex police but was later released without charge and denies any wrongdoing. The Old Bailey judge in the Westfield case felt Kaneria had played a role.

In sentencing Westfield in February, Judge Anthony Morris said in his written judgment: "I accept such an approach was made to you (Westfield) by Kaneria. He had been warned in 2008 by the ICC over his connections with a bookmaker, who was involved in illegal betting markets. In addition, he had made similar approaches to other Essex players who had laughed them off as a joke."

The guilty verdicts come just a day after former Pakistan captain Salman Butt was released from a Canterbury prison after serving seven months of a 30-month sentence for his role in spot-fixing during the 2009 tour of England.

Butt was sent to jail along with Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif, who have also both since been released after serving half their sentences, after they agreed to bowl no-balls to demand during a Test match at Lord's.