An Indian-origin man in Singapore, rated by prosecutors as a "criminal match-fixer extraordinaire" has been sentenced to four years in jail by a local court for conspiring to fix a football match during the Southeast Asian Games held in March this year. 55 year old Rajendran R Kurusamy, was sentenced to four years jail, the stiffest sentence ever imposed for a single match-fixing charge.Rajendran yesterday pleaded guilty to two charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act, involving payments to Orlando Marques Henriques Mendes, former technical director of the Timor Leste Football Association, and at least seven players of the Timor Leste Southeast Asian Games (SEA)football team. Rajendran wanted Timor-Leste to not concede a goal in the first 20 minutes, but eventually lose to Malaysia by a few goals.He offered Orlando 10,700 Dollars and 2,844 Dollars to each complicit player, to ensure the defeat. He also told Orlando that seven players would be enough to help lose the game, but it would be better if all 11 players were involved. The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau arrested Rajendran, and others. The match ended 1-0 in Malaysia's favour.District Judge Hamidah Ibrahim took into account Rajendran's string of related offenses dating back to 1997. He was jailed 27 months in 1997 for attempting to bribe three players. Two years later, he was jailed another 24 months for agreeing to give SGD 20,000 to a prison warden to smuggle him a cellphone, which he used to make football bets and illegal personal calls.