Italian soccer player Simone Farina from 2nd League Club AS Gubbio, left, stands next to FIFA President Joseph Blatter at the FIFA Ballon d'Or awarding ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Last month, Simone Farina was approached and offered US$ 260,000 to influence the outcome of an Italian Cup match between Cesena and Gubbio on Nov. 30. The player refused and told police. When the news broke alongside the arrests of 17 people across Italy on Monday, Farina was hailed as a hero. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)