The Spanish police convicted of a fraud gang, the professional tennis games is said to have manipulated. 15 Suspects were arrested, against 68 other investigations, including 28 tennis players run.
It’s supposed to go match-fixing in a big way: there is talk of a Europe-wide network that was controlled by a group of Armenians. You should have offered tennis professionals money for a game that gets a specific result – especially games of the second-class tour series, Challenger and ITF Futures. On the agreed game results then large sums were wagered, in different places around the world.
28 players in visor
The Spanish Guardia Civil determined against 83 Suspects, including 28 professional players – one of whom had participated in the US Open last year. Already in a RAID at the end of October, the officers arrested 15 alleged Participants in the network, including the Spanish Tennis professional Marc Fornell: He was according to police the man in Spain between the wire-puller of the fraud and the players. The European police authority, Europol, said that the fraudsters would need the identities of thousands of citizens, and to make bets in the respective games.
In eleven house searches, the police found cash in the amount of almost € 170,000, also, weapons, computers, credit cards, and five luxury cars. More than 40 Bank accounts were blocked. According to Spanish police, the fraud gang operated since at least February of 2017, and ergaunerte and possibly as much as several million euros. The investigation by a display of the Tennis Integrity Unit, which is responsible for the investigation of corruption in professional tennis responsible. She had found the irregularities.
fraud on the court: Spanish police take Suspect in custody
Oliver Neuroth, ARD Madrid
10.01.2019 17:28 PM
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