US EditionTwo players plead guilty to match-fixing over yellow cards in Australian soccer’s A-League
NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, JUL 9 – Kearyn Baccus and Clayton Lewis admitted to receiving up to 10,000 Australian dollars to deliberately earn yellow cards, aiding a criminal group’s betting manipulation scheme.
- Soccer players Kearyn Baccus and Clayton Lewis admitted in a Sydney court to intentionally receiving yellow cards during A-League matches to influence betting outcomes.
- The allegations involve Ulises Davila, who previously led the Macarthur Bulls, and is accused of coordinating the scheme and compensating the players with amounts up to 10,000 Australian dollars each.
- Following Davila’s arrest, he and Macarthur FC agreed to end his contract, while Baccus was let go by the Bulls during their roster changes in the 2024 offseason, and Lewis continues to be suspended by the league.
- Police stated that the gambling operation resulted in payouts totaling several hundred thousand dollars, and the players no longer face the additional charge related to involvement in a criminal organization.
- Lewis and Baccus are scheduled to be sentenced on September 17, while Davila is expected to appear in court again in August and has yet to enter pleas for nine charges associated with six matches.
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Two former A-League players have admitted engaging in a betting corruption scandal after they were paid to earn yellow cards during games.Ex-Macarthur Bulls team captain Ulises Davila, and midfielders Kearyn Baccus and Clayton Lewis, have been charged with manipulating yellow cards during games in 2023 and 2024.Davila, 33, allegedly acted as the conduit between the south-west Sydney team's players and an unnamed criminal group in Colombia, organ…
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Two players plead guilty to match-fixing over yellow cards in Australian soccer's A-League
Two professional players have admitted in court to engaging in betting corruption after they were paid to earn yellow cards during games in Australian soccer’s A-League.
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