2013 English football match-fixing scandal

In November and December 2013 several individuals were arrested by the National Crime Agency (NCA) on suspicion of fixing English association football matches.

[1][2] On 17 June 2014, a jury at Birmingham Crown Court found Michael Boateng, Krishna Sanjey Ganeshan and Chann Sankaran guilty of conspiracy to commit bribery, while Hakeem Adelakun was cleared of the offence.

[5] Sodje told reporters that in an attempt to receive a red card and £70,000 he had twice punched the Oldham Athletic player Jose Baxter, while playing for Portsmouth in a League One match.

[2] Sodje also claimed that he was preparing to fix games at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and that he had organised £30,000 to be paid to a Championship player for receiving a yellow card.

[2] The NCA said their operation was focused on a "suspected international illegal betting syndicate", and said they were closely cooperating with the Gambling Commission and the Football Association.

[1] The fixer claimed that a player would be paid £5,000 to receive a yellow card at the start of the game as a signal to him that the match result could be manipulated.

Subsequently the two businessmen, Krishna Ganeshan, and Chann Sankaran, were jailed along with footballer Michael Boateng who were all convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery for a failed plot to fix a game between AFC Wimbledon and Dagenham & Redbridge on 26 November.