Prague, Sep 3: The former head of the Czech Football Association was convicted of fraud again on Tuesday and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison.

Prague's Municipal Court also fined Miroslav Pelta 5 million Czech crowns ($221,000) and banned him from any executive position for five years. Cristiano Ronaldo Jokes About 'Beating' MrBeast on YouTube During a Press Conference, Video Goes Viral.

The court issued the verdict in a retrial of the case after it handed Pelta similar sentences in 2021 and 2023. An appeals court canceled those rulings and returned the case back to the original court. In the same case, the court also sentenced Simona Kratochvilova, a former deputy education minister, to six years in prison, banned her from working in public offices for six years, and fined her 2 million Czech crowns ($88,000).

The two pleaded not guilty and still can appeal. The case dates to 2017 when police raided the association headquarters and the offices of FK Jablonec, a provincial soccer club partly owned by Pelta. Prosecutors said the reason for the raids was an investigation of suspected fraud involving Pelta in connection with state subsidies. IShowSpeed Rips USD 30,000 Signed Cristiano Ronaldo's Match-Worn Real Madrid Jersey out of Frame To Wear It During Live Stream, Video Goes Viral.

The court said Pelta used his personal relationship with Kratochvilova to influence who would receive state subsidies worth 176 million Czech crowns ($7.8 million). Pelta resigned from his post a month after he was detained in May 2017. Also, Education Minister Katerina Valachova resigned because of the scandal though she was not a suspect but a witness.

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