Bolivian Official Suspended 12 Years for Corruption

By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Friday, July 28, 2023

A Bolivian chair umpire will sit on the sidelines for greater than a decade after committing a number of acts of corruption.

Percy Flores has been suspended from tennis for 12 years and fined $15,000 for a number of breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP), the International Tennis Integrity Agency introduced at this time.

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Flores, a white badge umpire who didn’t contest the ITIA’s expenses, dedicated 31 breaches of the TACP between November 2021 and October 2022.

The violations included routine manipulation of scores for betting functions—by purposely getting into the improper rating into the umpire’s handheld system – at ITF World Tennis Tour occasions and soliciting one other official to have interaction in corrupt conduct.

Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer Professor Richard McLaren dominated Flores’ breaches of the TACP merited a sanction of 15 years in accordance with sanctioning pointers, however utilized a discount of three years’ suspension as a consequence of mitigating circumstances—together with the umpire’s early admission of the costs and normal good conduct throughout the investigative course of.

The suspension was backdated to the beginning of Flores’ provisional suspension on December 8, 2022 and can finish on December 7, 2034.

During this time Flores is banned from officiating at or attending any tennis occasion licensed or sanctioned by the governing our bodies of tennis.

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