Dinamo Zagreb arrests: Croatia football officials held

  06 July 2015    Read: 1066
Dinamo Zagreb arrests: Croatia football officials held
Two senior officials with Croatia`s leading football club have been arrested on suspicion of embezzlement and tax evasion.
Zdravko Mamic, the chairman of Dinamo Zagreb, and his brother Zoran, the club`s coach, were held after deciding to return from the club`s summer camp.

Police say alleged fraud has cost the club 118m kunas ($17.3m, £11.1m) since 2008.
The brothers say they are determined to prove their innocence.

On Friday, anti-corruption investigators said a senior official with the Croatian Football Federation, a tax inspector and the Mamic brothers were suspected of giving bribes, tax evasion and other offences.

According to Croatian and German media reports, they are accused of taking a cut of the sales of Dinamo Zagreb players.

Police allege the fraud also cost the state 12m kunas ($1.8m, £1.1m).

Police searched offices at the club and the football federation, as well as the brothers` homes, on Thursday. Two other men were also detained.

Officers are keen to keep the four suspects in custody, but a court in Zagreb has yet to rule whether they will continue to be held.

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