Tag Archives: Match Fixing
Brazil – Match fixing scandal spreads to Ceará state
The public prosecutor’s office has filed criminal charges against a player and a football club manager, for alleged match fixing during the 2022 Cearense Championship – the football league of the state of Ceará. The charges are the result of an investigation called “Operação Aposta Certa”, (One Way Bet) which was carried out by law enforcement agency Núcleo…
Brazil – Parliamentary inquiry into match fixing hears testimony from player
The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) into match fixing has for the first time, heard from one of the players investigated by the Goiás Public Ministry as part of its match fixing probe. A sports tribunal in Brazil handed down a lifetime ban to midfielder Marcus Vinícius Alves in May. The sentence was handed down by the…
Brazil – More details emerge over match fixing case
Operation Maximum Penalty has identified the involvement of as many as 72 people as part of an illegal match fixing group according to local newspaper Globo. The report was based on the analysis of almost 3,000 pages of documents related to the government investigation. So far, connections have been discovered amongst 43 athletes — 60% of…
Brazil – Lawmaker wants operators before match fixing inquiry
Deputy Luciano Vieira, a member of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) currently investigating match fixing in Brazilian football, wants to summon members of seven sports betting companies to testify. The lawmaker wants to hear representatives from Pixbet, SportingBet, Bet 365, Betfair, Betano, Parimach and Betsson in order to obtain relevant information for the investigation. “The…
Brazil – Player banned for life in match fixing scandal
A sports tribunal in Brazil has handed down a lifetime ban to midfielder Marcus Vinícius Alves. The sentence was handed down by the First Disciplinary Commission of the Superior Court of Sports Justice (STJD), which also sentenced the former player of Vila Nova, to pay a fine of R$25,000 (about US$5,000). In the same trial, the…
Brazil – Match fixing inquiry to hear from key witnesses
The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) into match fixing announced that they will hear testimony from those responsible for the Maximum Penalty Operation, from the Public Prosecution Service of Goiás. According to the Brazilian Senate News Agency invitation requests to prosecutor Fernando Cesconetto and attorney general Cyro Terra Peres were both approved and they should…
Brazil – First sentence handed out in match fixing probe
The Sports Justice Court of Rio Grande do Sul has handed down a sentence against defender Nikolas Farias, from Esporte Clube Novo Hamburgo. The player was given a fine of R$80 thousand (around US$16,000) and suspended for 720 days. This is the first official conviction of a player cited in the so called “Maximum Penalty”…
Brazil – Inquiry launched into match fixing in House of Deputies
A Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) which will investigate the manipulation of results of football matches has been launched in the House of Deputies. The commission will have 120 days to investigate the matter and was instituted in the midst of a police operation that is currently investigating a major a fraud scheme in Brazilian football. The request…
Brazil – Top flight football players suspended in match fixing probe
Brazil’s match fixing scandal has deepened after five football players were suspended. Top club Athletico Paranaense announced via social media that two players had been suspended until the end of the investigation by prosecutors in the state of Goias. A number of games are being investigated due to the alleged involvement of a criminal group…
