In recent years, numerous scandals have been uncovered due to match-fixing between tennis players. Now the big target was a Brazilian referee, who was suspended for corruption and must pay a significant fine.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) reported this Monday that judge Antonio Casa was sanctioned for a period of seven years and six months for non-compliance with the tennis anti-corruption program (TACP).
Casa, who performed in ITF tournaments and was an umpire at the ATP Challenger level, will also have to pay 25 thousand dollars, of which 17 thousand will be suspended if the sanctions are complied with. From now on, he will not be able to officialize, attend or participate in any event authorized or organized by ITIA members (among the most important ones are ATP, ITF, WTA and Wimbledon). This punishment will last until September 27, 2031.
“Casa used his right to be heard by an Anti-Corruption officer,” the entity said in a statement. Among the charges presented and confirmed by the accused himself, who fully cooperated with the investigation, the attempted corruption, manipulation of matches for the benefit of bets and facilitation of bets in the matches where he acted as referee stand out.
In addition to this scandal, last week it came to light that the Spanish tennis player Aaron Cortés was suspended for 15 years after admitting the violation of 35 rules of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program between 2016 and 2018, he must pay a fine of 75 thousand dollars and not You can participate in tournaments.
2024-04-15 22:19:00
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