Premier League club in probe over fake HSBC letters: report

[WorldNews]

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Premier League club Watford are under investigation for allegedly submitting forged HSBC bank letters to support Gino Pozzo taking control of the club, British media reported on Monday. The English Football League has launched a probe into documentation submitted to the sport authority by Watford in July 2014, The Telegraph newspaper said. Two letters dated a week apart state Hornets Investment Limited, the club's parent company, had a bank guarantee of £7 million ($8.6 million, 7.9 million euros) to fund Watford for the upcoming season.

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