VIENNA, Austria (AP) — Criminal investigators interrogated 20 current and former footballers in Austria yesterday for their alleged involvement in fixing at least 17 league matches, including nine in the country’s top-flight division, since 2004.

Investigators said they had their sights on about 10 more suspects and five people were held in custody, while house searches were conducted in Vienna, Lower-Austria, Carinthia and Salzburg.

The betting fraud likely involved “millions of euros”, chief investigator Andreas Holzer said.

Without identifying the players questioned, investigators said they obtained a list with 26 footballers’ names on it from two Albanian men, who were arrested last week for allegedly co-ordinating the fixing. In line with Austrian privacy laws, the men were only identified as 51-year-old Ilir N and 42-year-old Arben T.

All first-division games under suspicion include either Kapfenberg or Groedig — both former clubs of Dominique Taboga, who was arrested Wednesday for his alleged attempt to manipulate games after he claimed former international Sanel Kuljic had talked him into match-fixing to settle a personal debt.

Holzer said investigators had no evidence that the clubs involved were aware of the manipulation attempts by their players.