The ITIA reported that judge Antonio Casa was sentenced to seven years and six months for not complying with the anti-corruption program in tennis.
In recent years, many scandals have been uncovered due to match-fixing between tennis players. Now The main target was a Brazilian referee, who was suspended for corruption and had to pay a huge fine.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) reported this Monday that Judge Antonio Casa was sentenced to seven years and six months for not complying with the tennis anti-corruption program (TACP).
Casa, who has played in ITF tournaments and umpired at the ATP Challenger level, You will also have to disburse 25 thousand dollars, of which 17 thousand will be suspended if the sanctions are followed.. Henceforth, will not be able to officiate, attend or participate in any event authorized or organized by ITIA members (among the most important are ATP, ITF, WTA and Wimbledon). This penalty will last until September 27, 2031.
“Casa exercised his right to be heard by an Anti-Corruption officer”, The entity indicated by a statement. Among the charges presented and confirmed by the accused himself, who fully cooperated in the investigation, stands out attempted corruption, manipulation of matches for the benefit of bets and facilitating the same in matches where he acted as referee.
In addition to this scandallast week it was revealed that Spanish tennis player Aaron Cortés was suspended for 15 years after admitting to violating 35 rules of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program between 2016 and 2018will have to pay a fine of 75 thousand dollars and will not be able to participate in tournaments.
Source: Tycsports
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