The ex-CEO of Torpedo Skorodumov was sentenced to two years of general regime

The Simonovsky court of Moscow sentenced Valery Skorodumov, the former general director of the Torpedo football club, to two years in a penal colony. He was found guilty of bribing referees. This was reported on July 13 by a correspondent of Izvestia.

The defendant was taken into custody in the courtroom immediately after the announcement of the decision. In addition to his prison term, Skorodumov was banned from any activity in the field of sports for three years.

On July 10, the prosecutor requested 2.5 years in a general regime penal colony for Skorodumov, as well as a ban on sports activities for a period of three years. The defendant's defense asked for a suspended sentence.

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Skorodumov pleaded guilty to bribing arbitrators in court on May 18. The former Torpedo CEO is charged with bribing 13 referees to influence the outcome of 20 First League matches. The "special procedure" of the court assumes that the defendant assists the investigation in uncovering the circumstances of violations. In this case, his final sentence may not exceed two thirds of the maximum term.

In December last year, football referee Egor Egorov was detained in the Moscow Torpedo case when he tried to fly out of Russia. In June, FC co-owner Leonid Sobolev was also detained.

A criminal case was opened against him and Skorodumov after they tried to bribe the referee by offering him 1 million rubles for winning the match. In October, Sobolev was released from jail, having previously changed the measure of restraint. He confessed in the case of bribery of arbitrators.

Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk reported on February 27 that the results of 22 matches involving FC Torpedo in the National Football League (FNL) were influenced by collusion with referees, and 13 football referees were charged after these facts were revealed. All the defendants were given a preventive measure in the form of a written undertaking not to leave. The punishment under this article provides for imprisonment for up to seven years.