Moggi guilty on criminal conspiracy

By Football Italia staff

The Supreme Court has released its reasoning following the final Calciopoli verdict in March.

A sentence of over two years for criminal conspiracy for former Juventus director general Luciano Moggi was written off as the statute of limitations had expired, but he was not acquitted of the charge.

The court has now released document of almost 150 pages outlining its reasoning, where it states that Moggi was the ‘undisputed prince’ of the Calciopoli system.

The disgraced director has also been found guilty of sporting fraud “in favour of the company he was employed by [Juventus]” as well as obtaining “personal benefits in terms of greater power”, with his existing influence described as “truly remarkable, with no apparent justification”.

It was noted that comments by Moggi made on television or in other media “could decide the fate of this or that player, or match official”.

In finding the former director guilty of criminal conspiracy, it was remarked that the system was “pervasive, with the full knowledge of the participants, even in the top positions” in order to “condition the referees”.

Moggi was said to have an “uncontested” ability to “condition the subjects with whom he interacted”.

Post-match visits to the referees’ changing room were deemed to be “aggressive and threatening” and “the outcome of an unrestrained exercising of power”.

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