The former Bari's Andrea Masiello reached an agreement with the Italian Justice on Wednesday and was sentenced to 22 months in prison for participating in a scheme to manipulate the results of two seasons ago.Because of this, the athlete, who defended last season Atalanta, not necessarily going to jail for two reasons: lack of criminal history and the size of the penalty, less than two years. Accused of association with the crime, he was sentenced for having received € 50,000 (U.S. $ 121,000) to score an own goal in the 2-0 defeat to Lecce in clash played on May 15, 2011, as himself admitted earlier. The scheme was motivated by the fact that Bari being threatened with relegation. The players believed they would not receive their salaries on that account, and then decided to create a network to "deliver" certain matches (against Palermo, Sampdoria, Lecce and Bologna) and profit from it - either of the teams involved in the games or the punters . Two other friends of the player, Fabio and Gianni Giacobbe Carella, were sentenced, respectively, to one year and five months in prison, because of the involvement with the scheme. All were already suspended from activities related to football.
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