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Venezuelan Chair Umpire Suspended for Corruption


Armando Alfonso Belardi Gonzalez didn't report an offer to fix the score in a match.

That decision will cost the Venezuelan chair umpire a two-and-a-half-year suspension.

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Gonzalez has been suspended for two years and six months and fined $5,000 after being found guilty of committing breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP), the Tennis Integrity Unit announced.

Gonzalez has been a bronze badge umpire since March, 2013.

A total $4,000 of the fine is suspended on condition that he commits no further breaches of the TACP.



Though Gonzalez did not accept a bribe offer, he did not report it either and declined to cooperate with the ensuring investigation.

Independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer (AHO) Professor Richard McLaren found that Mr Gonzalez had:

  • Failed to report two approaches he received in 2018 soliciting him to become involved in a corrupt scheme to manipulate match scores entered into his PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) device.
  • Although he did not act on the approaches, his failure to disclose them to the TIU constituted a corruption offense failed to fully co-operate with a TIU investigation into the allegations against him.
The 40-year-old Gonzalaez' ban began on June 18th, 2020. He is prohibited from officiating in or attending any tennis event authorized or sanctioned by the governing bodies of tennis, for the duration of the two years and six months ban.

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