MELBOURNE, Sept 16: Six men including a Malaysian and a Briton have been charged following an investigation into multi-million dollar match-fixing in Australian state soccer, reports said on Monday.

The charges relate to the alleged manipulation of results mainly for overseas betting at an obscure second-tier Melbourne side called Southern Stars.

The Australian Associated Press identified the prime accused, Segaran `Gerry` Gsubramaniam, 45, as a Malaysian who was the contact man with players.

Detective Scott Poynder told the court receipts for foreign currency worth more than Aus$200,000 ($185,000) were found at Gsubramaniam`s rented accommodation and he had been booked to leave Australia on Monday night.-AFP