The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has set out its approach to combat unlicensed gambling threats, viewed as a source of crime impacting society. The mandate is led by Chief Executive Andrew Rhodes as the Commission upholds its “corporate strategy to increase investment, resources, and capacity to tackle illegal gambling”. Unlicensed gambling is viewed as a crime and an economic threat …
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Ministerial support for industry forum’s integrity plan
The Sports Betting Integrity Forum (SBIF), the government back body containing representatives from the world of sport and betting, has published its Sports Betting Integrity Action Plan. The Gambling Commission-administered body says that while evidence of corrupt sports betting in the UK has ‘so far been limited to what appear to be isolated incidents’, the industry cannot afford to be …
Read More »Delroy Facey gets 2.5 years in match fixing trial
A former professional footballer and former semi-professional footballer suspected of trying to manipulate the scorelines of football matches have been found guilty of conspiracy to commit bribery. The jury at Birmingham Crown Court found that Delroy Facey, 35, and Moses Swaibu, 25, had attempted to corrupt lower league players to influence the outcome of matches, enabling betting on the fixed …
Read More »NCA charges Facey for conspiracy to commit bribery
National Crime Agency (NCA) officers have today charged Delroy Facey, 34, of Huddersfield, with conspiracy to commit bribery. The Crown Prosecution Service’s Organised Crime Division authorised the charges on the basis that there is a realistic prospect of conviction and that a prosecution is in the public interest. The charges relate to an ongoing football match fixing investigation which secured …
Read More »Anatomy of a match fixing bust
As the three men suspected of trying to manipulate the scorelines of football matches await sentencing today after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit bribery, the National Crime Agency has released some interesting detail on the case and explains why it moved to break up the proceedings when it did. Earlier this week a jury at Birmingham Crown Court …
Read More »Two found guilty in match fixing trial
Singaporean businessmen Chann Sankaran and Krishna Sanjey Ganeshan have been convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery in an attempt to fix results in England’s lower football leagues following a trial at Birmingham Crown Court. The pair were described as ‘central figures’ in a plot to influence the outcomes of games played in League Two and the Conference South. The jury, …
Read More »More footballers arrested in fixing probe
The National Crime Agency’s investigation into spot-fixing in UK football has stepped up a level with the agency arresting 13 footballers this week. Six of the men were originally arrested back in December in connection with an investigation into individuals suspected of Conspiracy to commit acts of Bribery and Money Laundering relating to conduct during football matches. They were interviewed …
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