CREMONA, Italy (AP) — Former AC Milan and Italy midfielder Gennaro Gattuso is being investigated for match-fixing and four more people have been arrested in an early morning police sweep in Italy.
Cremona prosecutor Roberto Di Martino, who has been leading the Last Bet operation for three years, confirmed to The Associated Press that Gattuso and retired Lazio player Cristian Brocchi were part of a ring that allegedly fixed Serie A and other Italian matches at the end of the 2010-11 season.
The four people arrested Tuesday are Salvatore Spadaro, Francesco Bazzani, Cosimo Rinci and Fabio Quadri; each of whom allegedly helped connect fixers to players.
More than 50 people have been arrested in Italy for match-fixing since mid-2011, with matches under investigation by prosecutors in Cremona, Bari and Naples.
