{"id":391,"date":"2025-08-27T21:12:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/?p=391"},"modified":"2025-09-22T12:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T12:09:10","slug":"casino-raid-exposed-ignored-epl-match-fixing-evidence-says-ex-cop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/27\/casino-raid-exposed-ignored-epl-match-fixing-evidence-says-ex-cop\/","title":{"rendered":"Casino Raid Exposed Ignored EPL Match-Fixing Evidence, says Ex-Cop"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Swedish police ignored key evidence of global match-fixing, ex-cop says. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Premier League stars allegedly linked to spot-fixing.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Confiscated phone holds explosive messages on rigged matches.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A 2021 raid on a Swedish underground casino turned up evidence of match-fixing in the upper echelons of world soccer. The discovery, which allegedly implicated several English Premier League players, may now be sitting on a confiscated cellphone, ignored and gathering dust in a police evidence room.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_361267\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-361267\" data-style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-post-thumbnail-858xAUTO wp-image-361267 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Premier League match-fixing, Swedish casino raid, spot-fixing scandal, soccer corruption, seized phone evidence, Fredrik Gardar\u00e8, EPL\" width=\"858\" height=\"653\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fred-858x653-1.jpg\"><figcaption>Fredrik Gardar\u00e8, pictured during his days as the head of a specialist Swedish police unit that targeted corruption in sport. (Image: Daily Mail)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That\u2019s according to Fredrik Gardar\u00e8, the former head of a specialized Swedish unit targeting sports corruption. Gardar\u00e8 told <em>The Daily Mail<\/em> this week that he led an investigation into the underground gambling operation, which involved a criminal gang suspected of organizing match fixing.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u2018Clearcut Case\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Officers seized several mobile phones in the raid, including one that belonged to a suspected fixer. The device contained Telegram messages discussing spot-fixing \u2013 the manipulation of yellow cards, corners, and other in\u2011game events \u2013 in relation to top-flight soccer games across Europe and international contests such as the Nations League<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p>There was more than one Premier League player (mentioned on the phone),\u201d Gardar\u00e8 said. \u201c\u2026I have worked on hundreds of match-fixing cases, and this was the clearest case you could have. It doesn\u2019t get any clearer than being found on a confiscated mobile phone. It is a very good opportunity to do something about this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the claims, the Stockholm police and the Swedish police authority decided not to pursue charges, and Gardar\u00e8s\u2019 unit was disbanded shortly afterward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was very high priority from my side, I set my whole team on this investigation,\u201d he told <em>the Mail<\/em>. \u201cBut at the same time, the police said, \u2018We are finished with this\u2019 in December that year.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Lost Opportunity <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>According to Gardar\u00e8, intelligence gathered from the raid was passed to the Swedish Football Association (SvFF). He said he hoped the governing body had informed the English Football Association (FA) but admitted that he didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p>The SvFF confirmed receiving information from police in 2021 but said it lacked details that would allow action.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>\u201cIt is correct that the Swedish FA, back in 2021, received general intelligence from the police that they had found information regarding match-fixing on both national and international level in a phone after a raid against an illegal casino,\u201d Johan Claesson, the federation\u2019s integrity officer, told <em>the Mail<\/em>. \u201cBut the intelligence we received did not contain any specifics that we could act on (because the police investigation was ongoing).\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Swedish police, national authority and the Premier League declined to comment when approached by <em>the Mail<\/em>. The English FA has said it has not received the investigation\u2019s findings but would assess them if they became available.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/casino-raid-exposed-ignored-epl-match-fixing-evidence-says-ex-cop\/\">Casino Raid Exposed Ignored EPL Match-Fixing Evidence, says Ex-Cop<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\">Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swedish police ignored key evidence of global match-fixing, ex-cop says. Premier League stars allegedly linked to spot-fixing. Confiscated phone holds explosive messages on rigged matches. A 2021 raid on a Swedish underground casino turned up evidence of match-fixing in the upper echelons of world soccer. 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