{"id":297089,"date":"2023-11-09T17:24:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T17:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=297089"},"modified":"2023-11-09T17:24:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T17:24:09","slug":"detectives-are-investigating-claims-a-juror-was-paid-20k-to-find-owner-of-league-one-football-club-fleetwood-town-guilty-of-energy-contract-scam-worth-15m-sending-him-down-for-13-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/detectives-are-investigating-claims-a-juror-was-paid-20k-to-find-owner-of-league-one-football-club-fleetwood-town-guilty-of-energy-contract-scam-worth-15m-sending-him-down-for-13-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Detectives are investigating claims a juror was paid \u00a320k to find owner of League One football club Fleetwood Town GUILTY of energy contract scam worth \u00a315m&#8230; sending him down for 13 years!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Detectives are investigating claims a juror was paid \u00a320k to find owner of League One football club Fleetwood Town GUILTY of energy contract scam worth \u00a315m&#8230; sending him down for 13 years!<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fleetwood Town owner Andy Pilley was jailed for 13 years over a complex fraud<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Police have reopened their probe into claims a juror was bribed during the case<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DOMINIC KING: I don&#8217;t understand what football is anymore &#8211; It&#8217;s All Coming Up\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Police have reopened their probe into claims a juror in the case of a football club owner who was jailed for 13 years was offered \u00a320,000 to find him guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives in Lancashire are now investigating staggering allegations made by a whistleblower who sat on the trial of Fleetwood Town supremo Andy Pilley.<\/p>\n<p>The juror told Mail Sport\u00a0he was approached by two &#8216;thick-set&#8217; men in a park while the case was ongoing and told there would be &#8216;consequences&#8217; should he not accept the bribe, which they claimed others on the jury had already taken.<\/p>\n<p>Pilley, 53, was eventually\u00a0sent down for more than a decade after being found guilty of a multi-million pound fraud that duped firms into signing up for expensive energy contracts. The case began at Preston Crown Court last October.<\/p>\n<p>The whistleblower said he was approached in March, with the case in its sixth month. After the alleged incident he fled abroad and was eventually excused from jury service.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/16\/72845619-12730777-Fleetwood_Town_owner_Andy_Pilley_was_jailed_for_13_years_over_a_-a-1_1699547218870.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fleetwood Town owner Andy Pilley was jailed for 13 years over a complex fraud that tricked unsuspecting companies into signing energy contracts<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/16\/72845625-12730777-Pilley_right_was_part_of_a_scam_which_targeted_small_businesses_-a-2_1699547249552.jpg\" height=\"376\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Detectives in Lancashire are now investigating staggering allegations made by a whistleblower who sat on the trial of Fleetwood Town supremo Pilley (right)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following Pilley&#8217;s sentencing he approached police to report the allegations but claims he was told hours later that they would not be pursuing the matter.<\/p>\n<p>After the revelations were published Pilley, who oversaw Fleetwood&#8217;s rise from non-league to League One, assembled a legal team.<\/p>\n<p>Police said detectives would review the situation but later told local press that there would be no further action and that they had found no evidence of any criminal wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>However, Mail Sport understands that after correspondence with Pilley&#8217;s legal team they have now decided to reopen the case and senior officers are investigating.<\/p>\n<p>Lancashire Police have been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12730777\/Detectives-investigating-claims-juror-paid-20k-owner-League-One-football-club-Fleetwood-Town-GUILTY-energy-contract-scam-worth-15m-sending-13-years.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detectives are investigating claims a juror was paid \u00a320k to find owner of League One football club Fleetwood Town GUILTY [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297088,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Detectives are investigating claims a juror was paid \u00a320k to find owner of League One football club Fleetwood Town GUILTY of energy contract scam worth \u00a315m... sending him down for 13 years! - All My Sports News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/detectives-are-investigating-claims-a-juror-was-paid-20k-to-find-owner-of-league-one-football-club-fleetwood-town-guilty-of-energy-contract-scam-worth-15m-sending-him-down-for-13-years\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Detectives are investigating claims a juror was paid \u00a320k to find owner of League One football club Fleetwood Town GUILTY of energy contract scam worth \u00a315m... sending him down for 13 years! - All My Sports News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Detectives are investigating claims a juror was paid \u00a320k to find owner of League One football club Fleetwood Town GUILTY [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/detectives-are-investigating-claims-a-juror-was-paid-20k-to-find-owner-of-league-one-football-club-fleetwood-town-guilty-of-energy-contract-scam-worth-15m-sending-him-down-for-13-years\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"All My Sports News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-09T17:24:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Detectives-are-investigating-claims-a-juror-was-paid-20k-to-find-owner-of-League-One-football-club-Fleetwood-Town-GUILTY-of-energy-contract-scam-worth-15m.-sending-him-down-for-13-years.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/detectives-are-investigating-claims-a-juror-was-paid-20k-to-find-owner-of-league-one-football-club-fleetwood-town-guilty-of-energy-contract-scam-worth-15m-sending-him-down-for-13-years\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/detectives-are-investigating-claims-a-juror-was-paid-20k-to-find-owner-of-league-one-football-club-fleetwood-town-guilty-of-energy-contract-scam-worth-15m-sending-him-down-for-13-years\/\",\"name\":\"Detectives are investigating claims a juror was paid \u00a320k to find owner of League One football club Fleetwood Town GUILTY of energy contract scam worth \u00a315m... sending him down for 13 years! - All My Sports News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-09T17:24:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-09T17:24:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/detectives-are-investigating-claims-a-juror-was-paid-20k-to-find-owner-of-league-one-football-club-fleetwood-town-guilty-of-energy-contract-scam-worth-15m-sending-him-down-for-13-years\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/detectives-are-investigating-claims-a-juror-was-paid-20k-to-find-owner-of-league-one-football-club-fleetwood-town-guilty-of-energy-contract-scam-worth-15m-sending-him-down-for-13-years\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/detectives-are-investigating-claims-a-juror-was-paid-20k-to-find-owner-of-league-one-football-club-fleetwood-town-guilty-of-energy-contract-scam-worth-15m-sending-him-down-for-13-years\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Soccer\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/category\/soccer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Detectives are investigating claims a juror was paid \u00a320k to find owner of League One football club Fleetwood Town GUILTY of energy contract scam worth \u00a315m&#8230; sending him down for 13 years!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/\",\"name\":\"All My Sports News\",\"description\":\"allmysportsnews.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Detectives are investigating claims a juror was paid \u00a320k to find owner of League One football club Fleetwood Town GUILTY of energy contract scam worth \u00a315m... sending him down for 13 years! - All My Sports News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/detectives-are-investigating-claims-a-juror-was-paid-20k-to-find-owner-of-league-one-football-club-fleetwood-town-guilty-of-energy-contract-scam-worth-15m-sending-him-down-for-13-years\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Detectives are investigating claims a juror was paid \u00a320k to find owner of League One football club Fleetwood Town GUILTY of energy contract scam worth \u00a315m... sending him down for 13 years! - All My Sports News","og_description":"Detectives are investigating claims a juror was paid \u00a320k to find owner of League One football club Fleetwood Town GUILTY [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/detectives-are-investigating-claims-a-juror-was-paid-20k-to-find-owner-of-league-one-football-club-fleetwood-town-guilty-of-energy-contract-scam-worth-15m-sending-him-down-for-13-years\/","og_site_name":"All My Sports News","article_published_time":"2023-11-09T17:24:09+00:00","author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Detectives-are-investigating-claims-a-juror-was-paid-20k-to-find-owner-of-League-One-football-club-Fleetwood-Town-GUILTY-of-energy-contract-scam-worth-15m.-sending-him-down-for-13-years.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/detectives-are-investigating-claims-a-juror-was-paid-20k-to-find-owner-of-league-one-football-club-fleetwood-town-guilty-of-energy-contract-scam-worth-15m-sending-him-down-for-13-years\/","url":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/detectives-are-investigating-claims-a-juror-was-paid-20k-to-find-owner-of-league-one-football-club-fleetwood-town-guilty-of-energy-contract-scam-worth-15m-sending-him-down-for-13-years\/","name":"Detectives are investigating claims a juror was paid \u00a320k to find owner of League One football club Fleetwood Town GUILTY of energy contract scam worth \u00a315m... sending him down for 13 years! - All My Sports News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-11-09T17:24:09+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-09T17:24:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/detectives-are-investigating-claims-a-juror-was-paid-20k-to-find-owner-of-league-one-football-club-fleetwood-town-guilty-of-energy-contract-scam-worth-15m-sending-him-down-for-13-years\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/detectives-are-investigating-claims-a-juror-was-paid-20k-to-find-owner-of-league-one-football-club-fleetwood-town-guilty-of-energy-contract-scam-worth-15m-sending-him-down-for-13-years\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/detectives-are-investigating-claims-a-juror-was-paid-20k-to-find-owner-of-league-one-football-club-fleetwood-town-guilty-of-energy-contract-scam-worth-15m-sending-him-down-for-13-years\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Soccer","item":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/category\/soccer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Detectives are investigating claims a juror was paid \u00a320k to find owner of League One football club Fleetwood Town GUILTY of energy contract scam worth \u00a315m&#8230; sending him down for 13 years!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/","name":"All My Sports News","description":"allmysportsnews.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297089"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}