![German soccer referee Robert Hoyzer is seen after the recording of German 'Johannes B. Kerner' television talkshow in a Hamburg Studio, Feburary 8, 2005. [Austrian police have requested information from Germany to German soccer referee Robert Hoyzer is seen after the recording of German 'Johannes B. Kerner' television talkshow in a Hamburg Studio, Feburary 8, 2005. [Austrian police have requested information from Germany to](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D408EH/german-soccer-referee-robert-hoyzer-is-seen-after-the-recording-of-german-johannes-b-kerner-television-talkshow-in-a-hamburg-studio-feburary-8-2005-austrian-police-have-requested-information-from-germany-to-decide-whether-to-launch-a-probe-of-sw-bregenz-after-a-german-magazine-said-match-fixing-had-spread-to-the-alpine-nation-police-said-on-tuesday-hoyzer-stands-at-the-heart-of-germanys-biggest-sports-betting-scandal-in-30-years-which-has-tarnished-the-countrys-image-in-the-year-before-it-hosts-the-world-cup-he-admitted-fixing-several-matches-from-the-german-cup-and-second-divis-2D408EH.jpg)
German soccer referee Robert Hoyzer is seen after the recording of German 'Johannes B. Kerner' television talkshow in a Hamburg Studio, Feburary 8, 2005. [Austrian police have requested information from Germany to
![German match-fixing referee Robert Hoyzer awaits the start of his trial in a local court in Berlin in this October 18, 2005 file photo. The Federal High court December 15, 2006, rejected German match-fixing referee Robert Hoyzer awaits the start of his trial in a local court in Berlin in this October 18, 2005 file photo. The Federal High court December 15, 2006, rejected](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2d1hn6w/german-match-fixing-referee-robert-hoyzer-awaits-the-start-of-his-trial-in-a-local-court-in-berlin-in-this-october-18-2005-file-photo-the-federal-high-court-december-15-2006-rejected-an-appeal-by-the-german-referee-who-was-previously-sentenced-to-two-years-and-five-months-in-prison-last-year-after-admitted-fixing-matches-hoyzer-26-and-another-referee-dominik-marks-30-were-found-guilty-of-having-rigged-games-in-return-for-payment-from-ante-sapina-the-croatian-ringleader-of-a-two-million-euro-2-34-million-betting-fraud-reuters-mhannibal-hanschke-files-germany-2d1hn6w.jpg)
German match-fixing referee Robert Hoyzer awaits the start of his trial in a local court in Berlin in this October 18, 2005 file photo. The Federal High court December 15, 2006, rejected
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![File Photo shows German soccer referee Robert Hoyzer during soccer Cup match between Paderborn and Hamburg. German soccer referee Robert Hoyzer is pictured during the first round of the German soccer Cup File Photo shows German soccer referee Robert Hoyzer during soccer Cup match between Paderborn and Hamburg. German soccer referee Robert Hoyzer is pictured during the first round of the German soccer Cup](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2d4ep3g/file-photo-shows-german-soccer-referee-robert-hoyzer-during-soccer-cup-match-between-paderborn-and-hamburg-german-soccer-referee-robert-hoyzer-is-pictured-during-the-first-round-of-the-german-soccer-cup-match-between-sc-paderborn-and-hamburg-sv-in-this-august-2004-file-picture-hoyzer-was-arrested-and-threatened-with-a-long-jail-sentence-on-saturday-february-12-2005-with-prosecutors-saying-they-had-fresh-evidence-he-had-been-involved-in-match-fixing-prior-to-2004-hoyzer-admitted-over-two-weeks-ago-he-had-taken-money-to-fix-games-in-the-german-soccer-cup-and-lower-leagues-in-germany-in-a-be-2d4ep3g.jpg)
File Photo shows German soccer referee Robert Hoyzer during soccer Cup match between Paderborn and Hamburg. German soccer referee Robert Hoyzer is pictured during the first round of the German soccer Cup
![An August 21, 2004 file photo shows former German referee Robert Hoyzer talking to Paderborn's Rene M?ller (R) during the first round of the German soccer Cup match between SC Paderborn and An August 21, 2004 file photo shows former German referee Robert Hoyzer talking to Paderborn's Rene M?ller (R) during the first round of the German soccer Cup match between SC Paderborn and](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D4E5XP/an-august-21-2004-file-photo-shows-former-german-referee-robert-hoyzer-talking-to-paderborns-rene-mller-r-during-the-first-round-of-the-german-soccer-cup-match-between-sc-paderborn-and-hamburg-sv-hoyzer-and-five-others-will-face-fraud-charges-from-october-18-2005-of-seeking-to-rig-a-series-of-matches-from-april-to-december-2004-on-the-instruction-of-three-croatian-brothers-who-betted-on-the-results-in-a-trial-that-an-embarrassed-german-soccer-establishment-hopes-will-be-as-brief-as-possible-to-accompany-story-sport-soccer-hoyzer-reutersmarc-koeppelmannfile-photo-2D4E5XP.jpg)