 During the 2011–12 Italian football scandal investigations, Pepe was one of many players to be accused of match-fixing.He was accused of failing to report the alleged fix of a 3–3 draw against F.C.Bari 1908 in May 2010 during his time with Udinese, and faced a potential one year ban if found guilty; he denied any wrongdoing, however, and he was later acquitted of all charges in August 2012.