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By Paul Virgo
ROME, June 18 (Reuters) - Juventus have accepted a 300,000-euro ($464,100) fine to settle charges from the second part of a probe into the 2006 match-fixing scandal, Italy's football federation (FIGC) said on Wednesday.
Juventus will be able to pay the fine in 100,000-euro instalments over the next three years, FIGC said on its Web site (www.figc.it).
"It's not an admission of guilt, it's an act of generosity," Italian media quoted Juventus's legal advisor Franzo Grande Stevens as saying.
The charges regarded allegations that former Juve general manager Luciano Moggi gave foreign mobile telephone SIM cards to match officials to create a secret system of communication with them.
Moggi was banned from football for five years in 2006 after the first part of the probe for leading attempts to secure compliant referees, while Juventus were relegated to the second division and stripped of two league titles.
The Turin club won promotion back to the top flight at the first attempt and finished third in Serie A last season to earn themselves a slot in a Champions League qualifier.
Gianluca Paparesta, a top Italian referee, was handed a two-month suspension to settle the charges against him stemming from the second part of the match-fixing probe, FIGC said.
Messina, a second-division side who were in the top flight when the scandal broke, have been fined 60,000 euros ($92,820) for involvement while the club's president and a former director have been banned for six months.
