Thomas Joachim Cichon (Polish: Tomasz Cichoń; born 9 July 1976) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.[1]

Involvement in match-fixing

In June 2014 Cichon received a nine-month suspended sentence for accessory to fraud and tax fraud for his involvement in the 2009 European football match-fixing scandal. He admitted to having received €20,000 from the gambling mafia in exchange for not giving his full effort in VfL Osnabrück's 3–0 defeat to FC Augsburg on 17 April 2009.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Thomas Cichon at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Fußball-Wettskandal: Thomas Cichon wegen Beihilfe zum Betrug verurteilt". Die Welt (in German). 12 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2021.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cichon
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