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Luis Suarez Accused Of Cheating in Exam In Order to Secure His Move to Juventus
Barcelona striker Luis Suarez has been accused of cheating in Italian language exam he took recently.
Suarez needed to pass the exam to seal a move to Juventus. However, with the move collapsed, it has now emerged that Suarez passed the exam because he cheated.
He attempted to get an Italian passport through his wife, who is an Italian citizen. That would have allowed him to be registered as a citizen of the European Union and thus would not have counted towards Juve’s non-EU quota.
“During the investigations, irregularities emerged in the exam taken by Luis Suarez to obtain the Italian citizenship,” a statement from the Prosecutor’s Office of Perugia and the Guardia di Finanza read.
“From the investigative activities, it emerged that the topics covered by the exam had been agreed in advance and that the score had been assigned before the exam, and that the candidate had demonstrated only an elementary knowledge of the Italian language.
“Today the financial police are carrying out documentary acquisitions at the University of Perugia aimed at confirming the conduct described and notifying for crimes of disclosure of office secrets, ideological falsehood committed by public officials and more.”
