Bwin Vice-Presidents Arrested in France - Softpedia

Bwin Vice-Presidents Arrested in France - Softpedia: "AS Monaco is not only lacking good results inside the French League, but the club is also on the verge of losing its main
investor, Bwin. The company - mainly specialized in sports betting - has been targeted by the French police during the past few weeks and its bosses were arrested this weekend.

Manfred Bodner and Norbert Teufelberger – the vice-presidents of the Austrian company – were arrested earlier last weekend, right in the middle of AS Monaco’s press conference, announced Belga press agency. The French club was just about to announce its new investors, when the police entered the conference room and took the 2 men officials away.

As it seems, several complaints from European clubs & players have been issued towards Bwin. According to media reports in France, PSV Eindhoven, FC Porto, Real Madrid, Raul, Beckam, Zidane and Ronaldo have all accused the Austrian officials of having used their names to promote the company’s on-line image.

Therefore, the parties mentioned above also called Bwin into justice. As far as the Austrians are concerned, they themselves called the French authorities into justice for breaking the human rights and the Europeans laws. For the moment, Bwin is not authorized to function in Germany.
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