Five known figures are under investigation in the Milan probe into Italian soccer's referee system, including Gianluca Rocchi, the referee selector for Serie A and Serie B, sources said on Monday.
Several other people are also being probed in addition to those five, the sources said.
The other four known figures are Serie A's VAR chief Andrea Gervasoni, who, like Rocchi, has suspended himself, and VAR officials Rodolfo Di Vuolo, Luigi Nasca and Daniele Paterna.
The sources said the probe was sparked by a complaint filed by a lawyer and Hellas Verona fan in 2024 after a 2-1 defeat to Inter at San Siro in which the winning goal was allowed even though Inter’s Alessandro Bastoni elbowed Verona's Duda in the face in the build-up.
Nasca was the VAR official for that match and Di Vuolo was assistant VAR.
Last July investigators also spoke to a former Serie A line official, Domenico Rocca, after he filed a complaint into the system.
Rocchi is accused of sporting fraud in relation to three situations.
He is also accused of having pressured a VAR official to review a handball incident in Udinese's 1-0 win over Parma in March 2025, a move which led to the decisive penalty being awarded.
A video of the VAR room shows one of the officials, Paterna, looking away from his monitor and mouthing "it's a penalty", allegedly after Rocchi banged on the door of the VAR room.
Rocchi is also accused of having selected Andrea Colombo to referee Inter’s visit to Bologna in April 2025 as he was "liked by Inter" and of ensuring that a referee the club did not like, Daniele Doveri, did not referee them in the latter stages of the season or take charge of the Italian Cup final.
Inter ended up losing the game at Bologna 1-0.
Gervasoni is under investigation for the Salernitana-Modena Serie B match in March 2025 over a penalty initially awarded to Modena and then revoked following an intervention by the VAR.
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