Torpedo

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Торпедо, a Russian football club, has been implicated in a major match-fixing scandal involving the bribery of referees. The club's leadership, including former general director Valery Skorodumov and ex-director Leonid Sobolev, were accused of paying between 500 thousand to 3 million rubles to judges to influence match outcomes, particularly during crucial games in the Football National League. Several referees received substantial bribes, with some cases involving sums as high as 3 million rubles. The club's actions led to criminal charges and resulted in its exclusion from the Russian Premi…

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