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Where did Juan Sebastián Verón's internation career start?
Verón was called up for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, where Argentina was eliminated by the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.
Are there any other interesting aspects about Juan Sebastián Verón?
With Inter, Juan Sebastián Verón was part of the squad the 2006 Serie A title after Juventus were stripped of the title for a match fixing scandal.
Were there any other scandals involving Juan Sebastián Verón besides the Juventus match fixing one?
In February 2000 was under investigation by Italian police for a possible fake Italian passport in order to avoid the non-EU quota.

Question: was there any merit to these?
Self-contained rewrite: was there any merit to these allegations that Juan Sebastian Veron had a fake passport?