Secret FIFA report reveals at least 7 international matches were fixed

A secret report revealed that Wilson Raj Perumal fixed international matches

A secret FIFA report reveals details of widespread match-fixing in international friendlies before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The report states that at least 7 international matches were fixed by paying off referees. Five of the matches that were fixed involved 2010 World Cup host nation South Africa.

Wilson Raj Perumal, a notorious Singaporean match-fixer is said to have orchestrated the fixing by using a front company to pay referees around $70,000 to make decisions favouring a certain team.

The report revealed that referee Ibrahim Chaibou collected a $100,000 fee to fix the friendly between South Africa and Guatemala, giving 2 dubious penalty decisions for hand balls even though the ball was nowhere near the players’ hands. Mr. Chaibou is native Nigerian and was employed by Perumal’s front company Football 4 U International (F4U) which signed a deal in 2010 with the South African Football Association to supply referees for their matches.

The FIFA report stated: "An investigation by FIFA Security has established that at least five and possibly far more international matches in the lead-up to Football World Cup (FWC) 2010 were "fixed" by a well-known match fixing criminal, Wilson Raj PERUMAL, using both a front company, "Football 4 U International" (F4U) and corrupted referees - at least one notoriously so, Mr Ibrahim CHAIBOU."

FIFA confrimed that the investigation is still ongoing.

Mr. Perumal is currently serving a two-year sentence in Norway and is waiting to be extradited to Singapore after being found guilty of match-fixing in 2012.