Former Czech Republic soccer boss has prison term for fraud upheld by appeals court

Former Czech Republic soccer boss has prison term for fraud upheld by appeals court

An appeals court in Prague has upheld a lower court ruling that convicted the former head of the Czech Football Association of fraud and sentenced him to 5 1/2 years in prison. Prague High Court has also confirmed that Miroslav…

No end to football in Jablonec. That is the message from the club after Wednesday's decision by the Court of Appeal, which confirmed the five and a half year prison sentence for owner Miroslav Pelta for manipulating subsidies. "We want to reassure the fans, even though this is not an easy situation, it does not mean the end of the club or other negative scenarios that have appeared in the media," said Jablonec chairman of the board Petr Flodrman.

Jablonec announced this in a press release after today's extraordinary meeting of the club management and supervisory board. The sports goals of the North Bohemian team remain unchanged. On Wednesday, the Prague High Court confirmed Pelt's five and a half year prison sentence for manipulating sports subsidies. The former head of Czech football must also pay five million crowns. Former Deputy Minister of Education Simona Kratochvílová was also se…

Jablonec nad Nisou - The management of the Jablonec football players has proposed to remove the legally convicted club owner Miroslav Pelta from the board of directors. For this purpose, it has called an extraordinary general meeting, which will meet in the near future. At the same time, the board of directors appointed Pelta as executive director and assigned him the main task of preparing the club for the upcoming season. The Jablonec players …

The Prague High Court today confirmed the five-and-a-half-year prison sentence for former Czech football boss Miroslav Pelt for manipulating sports subsidies. It sentenced former deputy minister of education Simona Kratochvílová to six years in prison. The appeals chamber thus rejected the appeal of the pair, who have maintained their innocence from the beginning. It also rejected the public prosecutor's request for harsher sentences for both de…

The Prague High Court on Wednesday confirmed the five-and-a-half-year prison sentence for former Czech football boss Miroslav Pelt for manipulating sports subsidies. It also sentenced former Deputy Minister of Education Simona Kratochvílová to six years in prison. The appeals chamber thus rejected the appeal...