Case of large-scale football fraud in court

The regional court in Plzen has opened a case of large-scale football fraud in which the police charged 20 people, including the former deputy head of the Czech Football Association Roman Berbr, a number of referees and a first-league player. Berbr and several others are accused of match-fixing and embezzlement, having abused sports funds to the tune of 2.3 million crowns.