In Confessions of a Match Fixer, Moses Swaibu speaks to professional footballer Troy Deeney about his experiences as a match fixer.
The eight-part series, part of sport's Bizarre Crime podcast brand, reveals how Moses Swaibu went from being Crystal Palace's Young Player of the Year to being a trusted lieutenant for an organised crime group that rigged football matches and made huge amounts of money betting on the outcomes.
Moses brings professional footballer Troy Deeney into the story, which took place in the lower leagues of the English league, but was no small operation.
The league in which Moses played was responsible for making millions of dollars, and in 2015 the BBC estimated that the global match-fixing crime ring was worth £85 billion.
The series will expose how syndicates target, develop and manipulate professional footballers, explain how the chain of command works and reveal how these organisations manage to evade detection.
Moses is now using his own experience to help eradicate match fixing. Speaking about the podcast, he said: “Confessions of a Match Fixer reveals the raw truth of my journey and I'm thrilled to be working with Troy and finally be able to tell my story. The podcast unravels the rise and fall of football and exposes the chaos and betrayal of the brutal industry of match fixing.”
Troy Deeney added: “I learned so much from being on this podcast, before meeting Moses I didn’t know what to expect.
“As the recording progressed, I learned a lot about him and about myself as a journalist. Both Moses and I had tough childhoods and football was our escape route, but our paths were very different.
“This is my best work to date, a story of Sliding Doors and the dark side of our beautiful game.”
Sport's Strangest Crimes: Confessions of Match Fixing will be available to watch on BBC Sounds from 14 August.
