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Police charge five men over alleged fixing of esports matches

Five men have been charged with match-fixing offences as part of the first Australian criminal investigation into esports.The men, aged between 20 and 27, have been charged with using corrupt information for betting purposesDetectives from the Victoria Police Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit charged the men last week with serious offences subject to maximum penalties of 10 years' imprisonment.

Assistant Commissioner Neil Paterson told 7.30 last September police believed as much as $30,000 had been won betting on the fixed matches. The investigation started in March last year. It centred on a team playing hugely popular first-person shooter game Counter Strike: Global Offensive in the ESEA-Mountain Dew League.

 

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