Until 17 German football matches They are being investigated for alleged fraud for fraudulent bets. According to the German newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost’, the meetings corresponding to Bundesliga Third Divisiontwo regional leagues and several higher leagues.
According to information from the said German newspaper, the German Football Federation (DFB) is aware of the alleged fraud and takes it “extremely seriously.”
However, the newspaper’s investigation reports that the federative body “doubts that football matches can be manipulated to guarantee an exact result”, where “several wrong decisions by referees or serious mistakes by goalkeepers and defensemen” would have been seen.
Of those 17 matches, the information continues, the expected results would have been sold on the dark web, where “it is possible to achieve high profits on bets.”
“The corresponding chat histories are supposed to prove the criminal agreements,” the outlet explained, while promoting that “which parties are under suspicion will not be made public for the first time due to the ongoing investigation.”
According to the Hamburger Morgenpost, the DFB partner responsible for monitoring sports betting has yet to find anomalies in random samples.
Last fall, the Bochum prosecutor’s office launched an investigation into unusually high stakes in the regional league match between FSV Frankfurt and TSV Steinbach Haiger. At that time, the Federal Ministry of the Interior received information from a betting provider about possible manipulation.
Subsequently, investigations into Bochum prosecutor’s office against an international gang revealed suspicions of match-fixing in matches from Bundesliga 2 to the Champions League and the Europa League.
Some footballers in Germany They were banned for life from playing professionally again and cheaters were sentenced to prison terms of several years.
Source: La Verdad
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