LaLiga, which exonerates the Valencian team that won 0-8 from responsibility, filed a complaint with the police and six people, including a former footballer from the Melilla team, have issued a statement
Following a complaint filed by LaLiga, the judiciary is investigating the alleged manipulation of the Huracán Melilla-Levante Copa del Rey match played in December 2021, which ended with a 0-8 win by the then First Division team he played in Regional Preferential.
Six people, including a former Hurricane Melilla player, have already had to testify before Melilla’s No. 2 Investigating Magistrate after the body chaired by Javier Tebas denounced the alleged scheme to police specializing in sports betting fraud. LaLiga absolves Levante of any responsibility in this alleged sports corruption case.
The former Hurricane Melilla footballer who was arrested Tuesday for his alleged participation in the match has been released under charges. This player belonged to the Melilla team at the time of the events, but is no longer part of the squad that now plays for Tercera RFEF.
LaLiga received information from an anonymous confidential adviser via the complaint email prepared by the professional club in 2015 and subsequently reported the facts to the National Police Center for Integrity in Sports and Gambling (Cenpida). “This anonymous information received through the complaints channel demonstrates the confidence that exists in the work of LaLiga’s Integrity and Security Department, in collaboration with the police and the corresponding agencies, when it comes to detecting and reporting possible cases of fraud. competitions in Spanish football, regardless of their category and competition are at stake,” the employers’ organization emphasized in a statement after announcing the opening of the investigation into Hurricane Melilla-Levante of the first cup match.
At the end of that meeting, rumors began to circulate pointing to Huracán Melilla’s inaction towards Levante. The chronicles recalled that the people of Melilla “did not shoot once” between the three sticks of the Valencian team and were never involved in the duel.
Source: La Verdad
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