Egyptian ref claims Mazembe bribe

represent 2010 Club World Cup finalists TP Mazembe.
A Confederation of African Football official has confirmed that four Egyptian referees claim Democratic Republic of Congo side TP Mazembe tried to bribe them, and later threatened their lives when they refused to accept a payment of US$10 000 before a match involving Tanzanian club Simba two weeks ago.
According to a story on Ahramonline, the officials for the African Champions League round of 32 match reported the incident to the CAF.
“Egyptian referees Yasser Abdel-Raouf, Ayman Deguesh, Tamer Salah and Fahim Omar submitted a report to the CAF informing them that they were offered a negotiable US$10 000 bribe to ease TP Mazembe’s mission against Simba,” a CAF official stated.
After the Egyptian referees firmly rejected the corrupt deal, they were threatened with death if they reported it, and so the referees couldn’t announce the offer until they had returned to Cairo. TP Mazembe, the two-time African Champions League winner and the title holders, won the match 3-1.
Simba’s chairman Ismail Aden Rage told Daily News that he was shocked by the allegations and said that they played the match under protest.
He said his club have already written to the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF), requesting them to communicate with the CAF, so that an investigation into the matter is conducted immediately.
Article 24 of the CAF Champions League regulations stipulates that if CAF is informed, no matter what the source may be, that a fraud infringing the sporting morality was committed by one of the teams, an enquiry shall be undertaken. In that case that the assertion is proved, the guilty team can face suspension of up to three years from all CAF competitions. – Goal.com