Four further men released after being arrested as part of alleged League of Ireland match fixing

Gary Ibbotson 19 May 2022

Gardaí have released without charge a further four men who were arrested yesterday, Wednesday, 18th May 2022 as part of ‘Operation Brookweed’.

Yesterday, 10 men were arrested and a number of residential properties were searched as part of alleged match-fixing in the League of Ireland.

The males were arrested on suspicion of the offence of Conspiracy to Defraud contrary to Common Law and were detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at various stations in the Southern Region and Dublin Metropolitan Region.

This operation stems from an investigation carried out by detectives attached to the Anti-Bribery & Corruption Unit in 2019 following reports of suspected match-fixing received from the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) and Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).

Five of the men were released from custody yesterday while one man remains in Garda custody this morning.

A Garda spokesperson said that a file will now be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

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