The professional StarCraft 2 scene in Korea has been hit by a match-fixing scandal. According to a report posted on TeamLiquid, five pro matches were fixed earlier this year.
South Korean police have arrested 12 people in relation to the investigation. The head coach of team Prime, Gerrard (Park Wae-Sik), and players YoDa (Choi Byeong-Heon) and BBoongBBoong (Choi Jong-Hyuk) are the only people thus far named directly.
The fixed matches in question were:
Yoda:
2015 Proleague
• 06-09 match against HerO
2015 Season 1 GSL
• 02-13 - Code S Ro16 vs Life OR TY (Gerrard named as middleman)
2015 Season 2 GSL:
• 04-01 - Code A Ro48 vs DRG
• 05-13 - Code S Ro32 vs Bbyong (Gerrard named as middleman)
BBoongBBoong:
2015 Proleague:
• 01-20 match against Flash (Gerrard named as middleman)
"The association opened a disciplinary hearing today," said the Korean e-Sports Association (KeSPA) in a statement translated by TeamLiquid. "We plan to ban Gerrard (Prime head coach) and YoDa for life and permanently suspend their licenses."
KeSPA will continue its investigation and anyone else who is found to have been associated with these or other similar incidents will also be banned for life.
"Toward the end September, we confirmed that PRIME's Gerrard and YoDa had been arrested and incarcerated by public prosecutors on charges related to illegal betting and match-fixing."
"The case is currently under investigation, and as such we expect details to be released at a later time by the Prosecutor's office. The association will actively cooperate in the investigation, and if any others are found to be involved in the case, they will be banned for life regardless of the result of a trial. Depending on the circumstances, the association may sue for damages and/or file charges on grounds of obstruction."
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