Barcelona charged with bribery over payments to refereeing committee, police raid federation offices
- Barcelona accused of bribing former vice president of refereeing committee from 2001-2018 with over €7 million.
- Judge changed charges from corruption to bribery as payments were made while official held position regulating refereeing.
- Police raided offices of Spanish soccer federation but no arrests were made in ongoing investigation.
- UEFA monitoring the case but no evidence yet found of specific fixed matches due to payments.
- Barcelona denies wrongdoing, claims payments were for referee reports, not to influence decisions.