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Nigel Farage aide fronted Tony Bloom’s £600m betting syndicate, court told
Ryan Dudfield alleges he is owed millions from a syndicate generating £600 million annually through offshore football bets placed via accounts including those of George Cottrell.
- On November 20, London's High Court accepted a claim alleging Tony Bloom, owner of Brighton & Hove Albion, ran a secret 600million-pound football betting syndicate using accounts linked to George Cottrell.
- Ryan Dudfield, a former Starlizard employee, says he introduced George Cottrell and is owed 17.5million plus a share of $250million in estimated syndicate profits.
- According to the claim, the syndicate used secret exotic accounts in third parties' names and placed bets via offshore platforms including Stake.com and tether.bet.
- Bloom's lawyers say they will file a defence next month rejecting the allegations, Tony Bloom has declined to comment, and the FA will not respond while legal proceedings continue under the 2014 FA dispensation.
- The claim's allegations sit alongside Bloom's 2014 FA dispensation, requiring annual audits by an accountancy firm and the FA, while recent bans for Ivan Toney and Kieran Trippier highlight regulatory sensitivity.
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Owner of Brighton Premier League club, and shareholder at the Union Saint-Gilloise, Tony Bloom is also an entrepreneur and poker player. ...
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Tony Bloom is subject to a complaint accusing him of participating in a network of illegal betting, despite his status as a professional club leader.
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