[Warchant]

 
MILAN, Italy (AP) - Inter Milan owner and president Massimo Moratti and AC Milan vice president Adriano Galliani are reportedly being investigated for false bookkeeping.

The two are being investigated by Milan prosecutor Carlo Nocerino, Milan daily Corriere della Sera reported Wednesday.

Nocerino is looking at whether the teams overvalued player transactions by immediately recording capital gains but spreading out costs over a period of years.

The ANSA news agency said Wednesday that the investigation is almost finished.

The prosecutor could not be immediately reached Wednesday and his office declined comment on the report.

Both clubs declined to comment, but Corriere della Sera said that Milan had denied wrongdoing and Inter promised to present "technical arguments" to the investigation that will clear the club.

Prosecutors have previously investigated other club officials for false bookkeeping, including AS Roma and Lazio.

A massive scandal engulfed Italian soccer last year, resulting in Juventus' relegation to Serie B. Juve was also stripped of its last two Serie A titles, while Inter was awarded the 2005-06 Serie A title as the highest-ranked team not implicated in the scandal.

Milan was among four other clubs to start the season with points penalties.

Moratti was questioned in October amid allegations that his club requested the wiretaps that helped uncover the Italian match-fixing scandal. He denied the allegations.

Inter leads Serie A this season.

[agenth]

I don't want Moggi.
this would be ridiculous... he'sn like galliani, a corrupt moron.
we don't need more problems, no thank you.

Inter, AC Milan executives under investigation-source
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ROME, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The president of Inter Milan and the vice president of AC Milan have been placed under investigation by an Italian magistrate probing false accounting in Serie A football, a judicial source said on Wednesday.

Milan public prosecutor Carlo Nocerino plans to summon Inter's Massimo Moratti and Milan's Adriano Galliani for questioning in the investigation into possible balance sheet irregularities, the source told Reuters.

The prosecutor is investigating whether clubs manipulated their balance sheets by inflating the prices of players they bought and sold, the source said.

In Italy, being placed under investigation does not indicate guilt and does not necessarily lead to criminal charges.

Inter Milan refused to comment on the news, although they had previously said they were confident they would be able to refute any claims of financial irregularity. AC Milan have also insisted their books are correct.

Milan's public prosecutor has questioned whether Inter could have passed the financial tests required to take part in the 2004-05 Serie A season without improperly adjusting its accounts.

Nocerino intends to hand his findings to the Italian Football Federation, which could then decide whether to open its own investigation, the judicial source said.

Last September, Rome magistrates called for the president of AS Roma, Franco Sensi, and the former president of Lazio, Sergio Cragnotti, to stand trial for false accounting. Both men denied the accusations.

Other investigations into false accounting in Italian football are under way in Genoa and Turin.

http://sports.alice.it/it/cmc/calcio/20073/cmc_105332.html

http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Squadre/Inte...7/moratti.shtml
my italian friend says it's just vague rumours...

[Portman]

I don't want Moggi.
this would be ridiculous... he'sn like galliani, a corrupt moron.

Are you trying to say that Galliani, Berlusconi and co are a clean guys? (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)