Bolivian tennis official Percy Flores received a 12-year suspension from tennis and was given a $15,000 fine for breaching anti-corruption rules.
Flores was found to have broken several Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (Tacp) rules between November 2021 and October 2022. Instances of Flores' corruption include forcing another official to participate in corrupt conduct and knowingly inputting wrong scores into the umpire's scoring pad to support betting activity.
Overall, the Bolivian official reportedly broke 31 Tacp anti-corruption rules across the 11-month spell. Originally, Richard McLaren, the Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer Professor in charge of the case, argued that Flores' actions merited a 15-year suspension, but the time was reduced to 12 as the official admitted to the charges and for good conduct whilst the investigation took place.
Flores was initially suspended in December 2022 while the International Tennis Integrity Agency (Itia) investigated the breaches. Due to this, the official's suspension date began at the end of last year, and...
Flores was found to have broken several Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (Tacp) rules between November 2021 and October 2022. Instances of Flores' corruption include forcing another official to participate in corrupt conduct and knowingly inputting wrong scores into the umpire's scoring pad to support betting activity.
Overall, the Bolivian official reportedly broke 31 Tacp anti-corruption rules across the 11-month spell. Originally, Richard McLaren, the Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer Professor in charge of the case, argued that Flores' actions merited a 15-year suspension, but the time was reduced to 12 as the official admitted to the charges and for good conduct whilst the investigation took place.
Flores was initially suspended in December 2022 while the International Tennis Integrity Agency (Itia) investigated the breaches. Due to this, the official's suspension date began at the end of last year, and...
- 8/2/2023
- Tennis-Infinity
London, Dec 2 (Ians) Spanish tennis player Enrique Lopez Perez has been banned from the sport for eight years for his involvement in match fixing activities, the Tennis Integrity Unit said in a statement on Tuesday.
The Tiu said that Perez, who had a highest Atp singles ranking of 154 and a highest Atp doubles ranking of 135, had been partaken in three separate instances of match fixing activity in 2017.
"The disciplinary case was heard by anti-corruption hearing officer Richard McLaren on 5 November 2020. He found that Enrique Lopez Perez breached the rules of the Tennis Anti-corruption Programme three times at tournaments in 2017, with two further charges unproven," the Tiu said.
He has additionally been fined $25,000. Perez was provisionally suspended on December 19 prior to the hearing.
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The Tiu said that Perez, who had a highest Atp singles ranking of 154 and a highest Atp doubles ranking of 135, had been partaken in three separate instances of match fixing activity in 2017.
"The disciplinary case was heard by anti-corruption hearing officer Richard McLaren on 5 November 2020. He found that Enrique Lopez Perez breached the rules of the Tennis Anti-corruption Programme three times at tournaments in 2017, with two further charges unproven," the Tiu said.
He has additionally been fined $25,000. Perez was provisionally suspended on December 19 prior to the hearing.
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- 12/1/2020
- by IANS
- GlamSham
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