The referee involved in Germany's 2004 match-fixing scandal has made his first compensation payment to the German Football Federation.
Robert Hoyzer's lawyer told Sport Bild on Wednesday that his client, who was sentenced to 29 months in prison for fraud in 2005, paid ?8,400 to the DFB as part of an out-of-court settlement.
Hoyzer agreed to pay a monthly sum of ?700 for 15 years as compensation for damages the federation incurred when the referee manipulated 23 games, mostly in Germany's lower divisions.
Hoyzer was paid by three Croatian brothers, collecting around ?600,000 for his part in the scandal.
The mastermind of the scheme, Ante Sapina, was also convicted of fraud and given 35 months in prison. The other brothers, Milan and Filip, received suspended sentences.
Hoyzer admitted a total debt of ?750,000 to the DFB, which had demanded ?1.8 million in a civil lawsuit before settling for ?126,000 in 2008.
Under the terms of the settlement, Hoyzer is forbidden from making any personal profit from the case and must turn over any income from possible book deals or movie rights to the federation.
Among the fixed matches was a German Cup game which Hamburger SV lost 4-2 to SC Paderborn on questionable penalties. Hamburg was later paid ?1.5 million compensation by the DFB.
Hoyzer served less than half of his sentence, being released 14 months after he was admitted to a Berlin prison in May 2007.
