Man City guilty of using 'sham' deals to distort finances, Premier League says ↧ ↧ Man City guilty of using 'sham' deals to distort finances, Premier ... Manchester City used "sham" commercial contracts as part of schemes to inflate revenue and understate costs by more than £900 million over nearly a decade, the Premier League said on Tuesday after an independent commission ruled the club guilty of ​serious breaches of financial rules.