2 men charged with fixing non-league football games in England to remain in police custody

Two men from Singapore charged with conspiring to fix low level soccer matches in England will remain in police custody until they appear at a criminal court on Dec. 13.

Chann Sankaran and Krishna Sanjey Ganeshan attended a five-minute hearing in central England on Friday but were not required to enter a plea. Their case will now be heard at Birmingham Crown Court in two weeks.

Sankaran and Ganeshan have been charged with conspiring with others to defraud bookmakers from Nov. 1-26. They are among seven people arrested as part of an investigation into a suspected Singapore-based international betting syndicate.

The other five people were released on bail on Thursday pending further inquiries.