AFL umpire Michael Pell is reportedly the official on the centre of alleged suspicious betting exercise regarding this yr’s Brownlow Medal.
The Herald Solar was one among a number of shops to call Pell as one among 4 males arrested on Monday by the Victoria Police Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit, after suspicious round-by-round betting exercise on the 2022 Brownlow Medal depend.
Chief soccer reporter on the Herald Solar, Mark Robinson, wrote one betting company was alerted to “a punter or punters inserting bets on gamers’ votes in numerous matches and successful each time.”
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“By the top of the depend, a purple flag was beside his title.”
The league, Robinson wrote, then cross-checked the betting patterns with different betting companions and located the identical particular person/s inserting comparable bets.
Subsequent cross-checking on the video games themselves then reportedly confirmed Pell because the one fixed.
The Age reported bets ranged in measurement, all the best way as much as a number of thousand {dollars}.
Pell umpired 16 AFL video games in 2022 in what was his first season on the senior umpire listing.
Two 32-year-old males from Glenroy, a 29-year-old man from Oak Park and a 27-year-old man from Drouin are anticipated to be charged on summons with utilizing info to deprave a betting occasion, whereas warrants had been additionally carried out in Kilsyth, Craigieburn and Doreen.
Detectives seized cellphones and digital objects whereas arresting the 4 males. They’re in custody and are aiding police with the continuing investigations.
These offences carry a sentence of as much as 10 years imprisonment.
The 4 males allegedly concerned are anticipated to be charged on summons with utilizing info to deprave a betting occasion, which entails dealing with felony fees.
AFL discipline umpires vote after every recreation for the three greatest gamers on the bottom, utilizing a 3,2,1 system.
Initially revealed as ‘Pink flag’ triggered sudden Brownlow medal investigation
