1. „FAIR REFEREEING“ .

2. On December 1st, 2011, Hrvoje Maleš, then the chairman of CFC Hajduk, entered the Office, stating that Željko Širić, then the chairman of EB CFA Football Referees Commission, requires from him a payment an amount of EUR 20 – 30 thousand by Christmas (December 25th, 2011) as a compensation for "fair refereeing" to FC Hajduk through the remaining part of the football season.

3. The record of Hrvoje Maleš's statement has been immediately taken in the minutes, as well as his declaration on the agreement to be a confidant towards Željko Širić.

4. On the same day, the order for performing special evidentiary actions against Željko Širić, based on the Article 332, Paragraph 1 of the CPA, has been requested and obtained from the investigating judge at the County Court in Zagreb, including:
Surveillance and remote technical recording of phone conversations and other communication (Article 332, Paragraph 1, Item 1 of the Criminal Procedure Act/CPA);
Secret surveillance and technical recording of individuals and objects (Article 332, Paragraph 1, Item 1 of the CPA);

5. Deployment of undercover investigators and confidants (Article 332, Paragraph 1, Item 5 of the CPA);
Simulated sale and buyoff of items and simulated giving and receiving bribe (Article 332, Paragraph 1, Item 6 of the CPA).

6. On December 2nd, 2011 a contact between Željko Širić and Hrvoje Maleš has been established, during which Željko Širić informs Hrvoje Maleš on his arriving to Split on the same day, requesting to meet him.

7. On December 3rd, 2011, Hrvoje Maleš and Željko Širić met and the meeting has been secretly recorded. At that meeting a turnover of money has been agreed upon, as soon as Hrvoje Maleš raises money in the amount of EUR 30 thousand.

8. The turnover of the amount of EUR 30 thousand has been arranged between Hrvoje Maleš and Željko Širić for December 8th, 2011, at 17:30 hours, taking place in Zagreb.

9. On December 8th, 2011, in the afternoon, in Zagreb, USKOK turned over the amount of EUR 30 thousand to Hrvoje Maleš in order to perform special evidentiary action of simulated bribing.
During the takeover of the money, a statement has been taken from Hrvoje Maleš in which he agrees to act as a confidant also towards Stjepan Dajedović.
On the same day, at 16:40, and based on the provisions from Article 332, Paragraph 3 of the CPA, an order for performing special evidentiary actions against Stjepan Djedović has been issued, valid for 24 hours, also subsequently approved by the investigating judge from County Court in Zagreb.

10. Stjepan Djedović attends the arranged meeting instead of Željko Širić, in order to take the money.
At the end of the meeting, Željko Širić joins Hrvoje Maleš and Stjepan Djedović.
As soon as the money has been turned over, lately that afternoon Željko Širić and Stjepan Djedović have been apprehended.

11. After the apprehension of Željko Širić and Stjepan Djedović, USKOK has been also contacted by Dražen Mejašić, former director of FC Karlovac.
Dražen Mejašić states that he has been present at the end of March 2010, when Neven Šprajcer, former secretary of the FC Karlovac, gave the amount of EUR 3 thousand to Željko Širić, as an installment of the total amount of EUR 15 thousand, for ensuring "fair refereeing" for FC Karlovac in the matching season 2009/2010.

12. – The statements of Dražen Mejašić are being checked.
On December 22nd, 2011, Neven Šprajcer has also been apprehended.

13. On July 4th, 2012, after completion of the investigation, Željko Širić, Stjepan Djedović and Neven Šprajcer have been indicted according to the Article 347, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code by the County Court in Zagreb for criminal offences of receiving bribe, as well as bribing, according to the Article 348, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code.