LONDON — A national-level chair umpire within the Dominican Republic, Juan Gabriel Castro, was suspended for six years and fined $6,000 by the Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company on Monday for manipulating scoring throughout matches to assist somebody who was putting bets.
The ITIA stated Castro was discovered to have dedicated 12 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program throughout three matches.
Castro didn’t reply to the ITIA’s discover of cost. He was accused of getting “manipulated scoring entry to contrive the scorecard and facilitate corruption.”
Somebody who would not reply to the ITIA’s investigative course of could be discovered responsible of a “deemed sanction” after which have 10 enterprise days to attraction. Castro didn’t attraction.
He has been provisionally suspended since final November, so his ban will finish in November 2030.