Crime boss accused of Olympic fix
An alleged Russian organised crime leader has been arrested in Italy on charges he tried to fix the ice-dancing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov was arrested by Italian law enforcement authorities with the assistance of the FBI, said prosecutors in New York.
An official said the Justice Department is also investigating whether the suspect or anyone else might have influenced Olympic judges in other events.
The charges against Tokhtakhounov, which were to be announced by prosecutors in New York later today, allege that he attempted to influence judges to award the gold medal to the French team of Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat in ice dancing.
