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ENRIQUE CORBELLA
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Kike Salascentral Sevillewas arrested on Tuesday by the National Police for, allegedly, cause yellow cards in six games from last season so that people around you made money with bets.
In the operation they were Two people around the 22-year-old soccer player arrested.
According to El Confidencial, the Sevilla center-back is being investigated by a court
A Morón de la Frontera court is carrying the investigation for a crime of fraudto.
Kike Salas testified before the magistrate, protected his right not to testify and handed over his mobile phone to be cloned.
El Confidencial publishes the money that Kike Salas’ friends won in bets on his yellow cards
The diary ‘The Confidential’ publishes that two people from Kike Salas’ trusted circle won at least 9,000 euros with illegal bets.
Presumably Kike Salas, who He has a contract with Sevilla until 2029 and a salary of 360,000 euros per yearhe would have agreed that he would force yellow cards so that his friends would place bets knowing in advance what was going to happen on the field of play.
The complaint was filed a month ago and José María Olmo informs that “Gambling operators raised the alarm after detecting unusual movements of money”.
Possible criminal and sporting consequences that Kike Salas would face
Kike Salas could face, if it were proven that he carried out this alleged criminal behavior, a conviction for fraud with sentences of between six months and three years in prisonin addition to the corresponding compensation.
LaLiga has announced that it will request to appear as an accusation in the case. The central defender could receive a significant punishment at a sporting level.
Article 75 bis of the Disciplinary Code of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, referring to “participation in games and betting”, states that “the participation of footballers, coaches, managers, referees and in general the people who are part of the federative organization in betting and/or games that have an economic content and these have a direct or indirect relationship with the match in question, will be considered a very serious infraction and will be imposed, in addition to the sanction of a fine of 3,006 to 30,051 euros” and “one or several” more sanctions.
Among them are the deprivation of license for a period of two to five years (The definitive deprivation of license is also indicated, a sanction that can only be imposed exceptionally for repeat offenses in very serious infractions).
