Owners of the Australian team of overwatch are suspected of tie with organized crime
Last month it became known that six people were arrested in Australia for contractual matches Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. This time, an Australian cybersport team was used to suspic on the fraud Overwatch.
As reported by ABC News, Victoria’s Australian police suspects owners of one of the Overwatch Contenders League teams in organized crime ties.
The reason for the investigation was the messages from bookmakers about the abnormal activity of bets on games with the participation of this team, which is also suspected of contractual matches. According to law enforcement agencies, so attackers could earn about 20 thousand dollars.
Assistant Commissioner of the Victorian Police Neil Paterson Neil Paterson announced the following:
There are no tests for the suitability of a person as the head of the cybersport team. We see that such posts sometimes occupy people with a dubious reputation. I absolutely guarantee that this is not the only case of the organization of contractual matches or fraud with rates in Australian cybersport.
What kind of Australian teams are speaking, until they say.