Official : Monza defender Izzo cleared of match-fixing and Mafia links going back to 2014

The Armando Izzo case ended with a full acquittal by the Court of Appeal of Naples. The Monza defender had been accused of external complicity in mafia association and sports fraud aggravated by mafia methods, in relation to the Modena-Avellino match of 17 May 2014. However, the judges established that "the fact does not exist" and that Izzo "did not commit the act". This sentence closes a long judicial chapter that has profoundly affected the f…

Official : Monza defender Izzo cleared of match-fixing and Mafia links going back to 2014

Monza defender Armando Izzo has officially been cleared of any wrongdoing after the accusation of match-fixing and Mafia association going back almost a decade.The 33-year-old had been playing for Avellino when suspicions were raised about a Serie B match against Modena in May 2014, although the investigation only began in May 2016.He was accused of helping to fix the game by altering the result, something that Izzo had always denied.After a dec…

(ANSA) - NAPLES, 27 MAR - Full acquittal for footballer Armando Izzo, currently playing for Monza, who ended up on trial on charges of external association with a mafia organization and for the crime of sports fraud aggravated by the mafia method ...