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12/11 07:11 CST French tennis player Quentin Folliot suspended for 20 years,
fined $70,000 for match-fixing
French tennis player Quentin Folliot suspended for 20 years, fined $70,000 for
match-fixing
LONDON (AP) --- The International Tennis Integrity Agency said Thursday French
tennis player Quentin Folliot has been suspended for 20 years and fined $70,000
for match-fixing.
The ITIA said Folliot has also been ordered to repay "corrupt payments"
totaling more than $44,000 for "committing 27 breaches of the Tennis
Anti-Corruption Program (TACP)."
Folliot's suspension will end in May 2044, "subject to repayment of outstanding
fines." Time served under a provisional suspension in May 2024 will be credited
against the player's period of ineligibility.
During the period of ineligibility, the ITIA said Folliot is prohibited from
"playing in, coaching at, or attending any tennis event authorized or
sanctioned by the members of the ITIA ... or any national association."
The ITIA said its investigation found that the 26-year-old Folliot was "a
central figure in a network of players operating on behalf of a match-fixing
syndicate."
It said Folliot is the sixth player to be sanctioned as a result of the
investigation, following the cases of Jaimee Floyd-Angele, Paul Valsecchi, Luc
Fomba, Lucas Bouquet and Enzo Rimoli.
The ITIA said that Folliot, the world's No. 488 player in 2022, denied 30
charges relating to 11 tennis matches between 2022 and 2024, eight of which
Folliot played in.
"Charges included contriving the outcome of matches, receiving money to not
give best efforts for betting purposes, offering money to other players to fix
matches, provision of inside information, conspiracy to corrupt, failure to
cooperate with an ITIA investigation, and destruction of evidence," the ITIA
said.
It said a remote hearing was held in October before independent Anti-Corruption
Hearing Officer (AHO) Amani Khalifa, who upheld 27 of the 30 charges, relating
to 10 of the 11 matches.
Three charges related to a doubles match in 2024 --- provision of inside
information, failure to report a corrupt approach, and contriving the outcome
of a match --- were dismissed.
In the written decision from Dec. 1, the ITIA said Khalifa characterized
Folliot as "a vector for a wider criminal syndicate, actively recruiting other
players and attempting to embed corruption more deeply into the professional
tours."
In determining the sanction, Khalifa also accounted for aggravating factors,
including Folliot's willful obstruction of an ITIA investigation.
The ITIA is an independent body "established by its tennis members to promote,
encourage, enhance, and safeguard the integrity of their professional tennis
events."
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