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Player investigated for 'identity fraud'

January 30, 2013
By ESPN staff
A footballer who played for Peru in the South American Under-20 championship but was later accused of being an Ecuadorian and sent home could be imprisoned if he is proved to have falsified his identity.

Max Barrios and Peruvian ex-footballer Angel "Maradona" Barrios, who is alleged to be his father, are being investigated, reports in South America said.

"If [the crime] has been proven, the alleged Peruvian could go to prison for seven to 10 years," Jose Pelaez, the Peru national ...

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