1. This is quite the front page.
2. In the past two days, Officers from the National Crime Agency have arrested six men.
They were made after an an investigation by The Telegraph that found match fixers from Asia were targeting games across Britain. They are being held under the bribery and fraud Acts at a police station in the Midlands
3. As of Friday morning, three men have now been charged.
Greater Manchester Police: three men charged following allegations of computer hacking at the Football Association
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Greater Manchester Police: three men charged following allegations of computer hacking at the Football Association
4. The three men arrested include at least three footballers and Delroy Facey, a former player (now agent) who has played in the Premier League.
6. It's pretty stunning stuff.
The fixer claims he would pay a player £5,000 to take a yellow card at the start of a match as a signal that the result was likely to be fixed.
In England the cost is very high … usually for the players it is £70,000
8. The teams involved are not in the Premier League.
And their names can't be disclosed because this is an active operation.
9. However, Sky News is running this:
Sky sources: Football match-fixing allegations relate to at least three clubs in the English Conference League
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Sky sources: Football match-fixing allegations relate to at least three clubs in the English Conference League
10. Here's the fixer claiming he knows the result of an upcoming game.
I know because they all tell me every time. Because sometimes I have extra money, I just send them some money … because sometimes they need money or they call me so I just leave them some pocket money.
12. He claims to be connected to Wilson Raj Perumal, a Singaporean based in London who was convicted of match fixing abroad.
A la izquierda, Wilson Raj Perumal, guarda prisión en Hungr໚ por amaño de partidos. Chris Eaton, investigaba en FIFA.
Fernando Palomo
@Palomo_ESPN
A la izquierda, Wilson Raj Perumal, guarda prisión en Hungr໚ por amaño de partidos. Chris Eaton, investigaba en FIFA.
13. Matt is very funny.
Matt's take on today's @telegraph splash on match fixing in football http://t.co/A1vFVxzCV0
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Matt's take on today's @telegraph splash on match fixing in football http://t.co/A1vFVxzCV0
14. Basically The Telegraph is killing it today.
Here's a rather spanking interactive graphic on worldwide match fixing.
15. This is the National Crime Agency's (NCA) statement on the arrests. It's rather short.
16. But this is the first NCA operation to make the headlines.
It was launched this year, whereupon it was dubbed "Britain's FBI".
17. Even if they needed the media to tip them off. The last big sport fixing scandal, in cricket, was also exposed by journalists rather than the authorities.
Football can't/won't act and police reluctant, so reporters fill the gap with great public interest journalism http://t.co/aqX5KLDnB7
Paul Kelso
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Football can't/won't act and police reluctant, so reporters fill the gap with great public interest journalism http://t.co/aqX5KLDnB7