Lazio President Sentenced To Jail

Tuesday, March 3, 2009 -- The president of the Italian Serie A club Lazio, Claudio Lotito, has been sentenced to two years in prison for two years for irregularities with the Roma club's shares in 2005.


APCOM reports that the tribunal of Milan have pronounced a two year jail sentence for the Lazio president after it was found that he had manipulated shares of the clubs in 2005.

Lotito was also found to have stopped the Consob watchdog agency from carrying out any probe into these clandestine dealings and has now been sentenced to two years in prison.