The soccer player under investigation in an illegal gambling case told associates after a court ruling today that he asked to continue cooperating fully with the investigation, according to a Channel 12 report. The player said he is unafraid of the probe or its findings because he did nothing wrong.
Following a court ruling earlier today (Thursday Jun 18), the professional soccer player under investigation for illegal gambling and match-fixing told associates that he has asked to continue cooperating fully with the investigation and is unafraid of its findings because, he said, he did nothing wrong. The statement, reported by Channel 12's Or Ravid, comes a day after a court extended his remand by five days, until Monday, when he is expected to be released to house arrest under an agreed arrangement.
On Wednesday Jun 17, in what appears to be a single set of disclosures from the Lahav 433 fraud unit, The Zioneer reported three developments in one evening: that police suspect the player accumulated hundreds of thousands of shekels in gambling debts and turned to the gray market for loans, that the investigation centers on possible match-fixing to repay those loans, and that a court granted a five-day extension of his remand ahead of expected house arrest. The initial police suspicion (version 1) cited only one source; by version 2, N12's Amit Segal provided named-journalist attribution, consolidating the core allegation.
The Zioneer also previously reported that on Monday Jun 15 the player told associates that published reports about him were false — a denial that preceded today's more nuanced claim of full cooperation without wrongdoing. The broader context includes an unrelated Channel 12 investigation into Ourich, to which Ourich gave a preemptive response on Jun 3, but that affair has no known connection to the player's case.
The suspect has not been named publicly due to legal restrictions, and no charges have been filed. It remains unconfirmed whether the alleged match-fixing involved specific games, opponents, or outcomes, or whether other individuals — including lenders from the gray market — are also under scrutiny.
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