Calcioscommesse: the footballer Izzo sentenced to 5 years for external competition in Camorra association and sports fraud

Monza defender Armando Izzo, involved in a case of football betting and organized crime, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by the VI criminal section of the Court of Naples for external competition in a Camorra association and sports fraud. The prosecutor of Naples Maurizio De Marco, during his indictment, had asked for the Neapolitan footballer 4 years and 10 months. Izzo’s cousin, Umberto Accurso, (head of the Vinella Grassi clan of Secondigliano) and Salvatore Russo, believed to be linked to the same clan, were also sentenced, both to one and a half years. The facts for which the Neapolitan player was sentenced date back to when he played for Avellino, in Serie B, for a match in the 2013-2014 championship.