June 09, 2021
ESIC RIFERISCE EVIDENZE RELATIVE A POTENZIALI TRUCCHI NELLE PARTITE E FRODI SULLE SCOMMESSE NELL'EVENTO RMR A VALVE
PANORAMICA
L'evento CIS RMR di EPIC è stato oggetto di controversie pubbliche per vari motivi. Poiché EPIC non è un membro di ESIC, ESIC non ha preso provvedimenti per indagare sull'entità delle minacce all'integrità nell'evento. Tuttavia, il 9 giugno 2021, ESIC ha fatto un rinvio a Valve includendo prove sostanziali che indicano l'esistenza di potenziali frodi sulle scommesse perpetrate da individui partecipanti o associati a coloro che stavano partecipando all'evento CIS RMR gestito da EPIC.
ESIC has received evidence via its global Suspicious Betting Alert Network (SBAN) that the CEO of Project X, the team from which the Akuma roster emerged, Oleksandr Shyshko, has an active CSGO betting account and has placed numerous bets on highly suspicious Project X matches (when most of the current Akuma roster were playing as Project X) and, crucially, made accurate pre-match bets on the outcome of the Virtus Pro v Akuma match in the CIS RMR, the conduct of which match is subject to the current public cheating allegations against Akuma.
WHAT ESIC HAS IDENTIFIED
During the course of normal operations of the global SBAN, information was made available to ESIC indicating:
- Betting and client information;
- Match and player behaviour analysis data;
- Prior behaviour data;
- Other relevant information.
In assessing the evidence, ESIC determined that there was a reasonable basis to believe that potential match-fixing and/or betting fraud behaviour was perpetrated. Having no insight into the operation of the tournament nor any jurisdiction over the tournament, ESIC referred the matter to Valve for consideration.
WHAT ESIC HAS ACTIONED
Fino al risultato di qualsiasi indagine da parte di Valve (o, se richiesto di indagare ulteriormente, ESIC), ESIC raccomanda ai suoi membri Organizzatori di Tornei di non accettare iscrizioni da Akuma o da qualsiasi squadra con un roster composto da più di 3 dei attuali giocatori di Akuma o da qualsiasi squadra associata a Oleksandr Shyshko.
COMMENT FROM IAN SMITH, COMMISSIONER OF ESIC:
“While ESIC has not undertaken a full investigation into the detail, extent, and validity of any particular instances of match-fixing behaviour and the perpetrators of such behaviour – information on hand would indicate that this is a matter worth investigating further; certainly, if ESIC did have jurisdiction, we would have opened a full investigation based on what we already know. ESIC has therefore referred the evidence available to us to Valve for further consideration.”
ESIC ASKS ANYONE WITH FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS INCIDENT TO CONTACT US WITH INFORMATION ON COMMISSIONER@ESIC.GG
DISCLAIMER
ESIC has not sanctioned, nor does it currently plan to sanction any individual associated with its referral. As ESIC does not have authority to conduct a full investigation, ESIC’s intended actions relating to this matter (unless otherwise instructed by Valve) will be limited to the referral of evidence, recommendations to members and this statement.
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