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Players charged in match fixing probe
Update:
The National Crime Agency has charged a third footballer as part of an ongoing investigation into match-fixing.
Moses Swaibu, 24, a former Conference South footballer from the Croydon area was charged with conspiracy to defraud. He has been bailed to appear before Cannock Magistrates Court on Tuesday 21 January.
Mr Swaibu is the fifth person and third footballer to be charged in connection with an NCA investigation into an alleged international illegal betting syndicate.
The NCA continues to work closely with the Gambling Commission and Football Association.
December 2013
Two footballers with Conference South team Whitehawk FC were charged today in the National Crime Agency’s ongoing investigation into match fixing.
Michael Boateng and Hakeem Adelakun, both 22 and from the Croydon area, were charged with conspiracy to defraud contrary to common law. The Crown Prosecution Service’s Organised Crime Division found sufficient evidence and was satisfied it was in the public interest to authorise charges.
The men have been bailed to appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 11 December 2013.
They are the third and fourth people charged to date in connection with the NCA investigation into an alleged international illegal betting syndicate. Chann Sankaran and Krishna Sanjey Ganeshan were charged on 28 November and are currently remanded in custody.
The NCA’s investigation continues.
The charges are:
Hakeem Adelakun (22) – Conspiracy to defraud, contrary to common law. Between 01/11/2013 and 26/11/2013 at City of Manchester and elsewhere conspired together with Krishna Ganeshan, Chann Sankaran and others to defraud bookmakers by influencing the course of football matches and placing bets thereon.
Michael Boateng (22) – Conspiracy to defraud, contrary to common law. Between 01/11/2013 and 26/11/2013 at City of Manchester and elsewhere conspired together with Krishna Ganeshan, Chann Sankaran, Hakeem Adelakun and others to defraud bookmakers by influencing the course of football matches and placing bets thereon.
NB: Hakeem Adelakun is not to be confused with another player with a similar name spelling at a separate football club.
