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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.
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