“There is a high possibility that it will issue allegations of match-fixing arising from the ongoing investigations.”
A number of professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players have been penalized for violating ESorts anti-corruption rules against Esports integrity.
“ESIC issues sanctions against 35 players for betting-related offenses and extends ban on 2 players previously approved in October 2020,” ESIC reported. “ESIC will continue to investigate further crimes in Australia, NA and Europe in collaboration with law enforcement.”
“Sanctions issued in today’s release are not for resolving matches,” the organization added. “However, ESIC believes that there is a strong possibility that it will issue charges of match-fixing arising from the ongoing investigations, possibly against players being sanctioned today.”
Making a mistake with ESIC’s anti-corruption rules means that players either “bet on matches in ESIC member meetings”, “bet on” an individual’s own matches in ESIC member meetings, or “bet on an individual’s own team in ESIC member meetings “bet.
ESIC issues sanctions against 35 players for betting and extends ban on 2 players previously approved in October 2020.
ESIC will continue to investigate further offenses in Australia, NA and Europe in collaboration with law enforcement.
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Sanctions include extending the bans of two players already subject to bans following a similar investigation that was completed last October; Akram ‘ADK’ Smida, formerly of Rooster, saw his ban double from one year to two, while Darly ‘Mayker’ May, formerly of Ground Zero, tripled his expulsion from one year to three (thank you, PCGN).
Matthew ‘Jam’ Castro, Alvin ‘Gravinz’ Changgra and Wilson ‘willyKS’ Sugianto are all subject to the maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment for the most serious offenses.
ESIC adds that he “referred the case in its entirety to law enforcement for investigation”, adding that a number of “non-player associates” were also caught “in adverse betting behavior” and were also referred for further investigation.