The tribunal in the canton of Neuchatel said in a statement that Bulat Chagaev had been found guilty of criminal mismanagement, embezzlement, attempted fraud and falsification of documents.
Eighteen months of the sentence was suspended for a period of two years, the court said. Chagaev had denied wrongdoing.
Chagaev took over the relegation-threatened club in May 2011, saying he wanted to take them into the Champions League. Among the initially ambitious plans, there was even talk of a role for former Argentina captain Diego Maradona.
But the club was expelled from the Swiss league the following January on suspicion that a document produced as a financial guarantee was f…
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