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Life and Bbyong charged with match-fixing

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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States31899 Posts
April 21 2016 06:15 GMT
#1
The Changwon Prosecutor's Office announced the indictment of two professional gamers alongside nine others (brokers, financial backers, etc) as a result of their second investigation into StarCraft 2 match-fixing. Though investigators did not name any individuals directly, Korean media reports and public details from the investigation confirm the involved progamers to be Lee "Life" Seung Hyun and Jung "Bbyong" Woo Yong.

According to an official report from the Prosecutor’s Office (read: full summary), Life intentionally lost two games in the 2015 KeSPA Cup, receiving 35,000,000 won for each loss. Given the dates for the matches, May 3rd and 4th, it follows that Life's opponents were Terminator and Dream. Life had been approached by brokers on behalf of Sung "Enough" Jun Mo, a former StarCraft 1 progamer who had already been found guilty following the Changwon Prosecutor Office's first match-fixing investigation (read: related article) in October of 2015.

In Bbyong’s case, the former CJ Entus captain intentionally lost a single match earlier in January of this year, dropping a single GSL Code A game to DRGLing in return for 30,000,000 won. According to DailyEsports (source), Bbyong was not part of the original investigation, but turned himself in and cooperated with the authorities.

The official report states that Life was found guilty of “obstruction of business”—a crime with no direct equivalent in American law—as well as receiving bribes. Enough, and three others who helped arrange and profited from Life’s match-fixing, were found guilty of crimes such as fraud, bribery, and obstruction of business.

According to Yonhap news (source), Life was found guilty and received a sentence of eighteen months in prison, suspended by three years. A suspended sentence in Korea is similar to pre-emptive probation, with the convicted parties not required to serve their original sentence should they pass the probationary period without infractions. Life was also fined 70,000,000 won, the sum of his compensation for match-fixing.

Life's sentencing is in line with the sentencing from the PRIME match fixing scandal, the Changwon Prosecutor's Office first investigation into match-fixing. Yonhap news reports that prosecutors have appealed the sentencing for being inappropriate, presumably seeking harsher punishment.

Bbyong has also been charged with obstruction of business and receiving bribes, but has yet to receive sentencing.

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Fecalfeast
Profile Joined January 2010
Canada11353 Posts
April 21 2016 06:21 GMT
#2
I hope it's not someone new...
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RPR_Tempest
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Australia7749 Posts
April 21 2016 06:21 GMT
#3
Whoever Mr. E is, good on him for turning himself in. Hope he gets a more lenient punishment as a result.
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OtherWorld
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
France17333 Posts
April 21 2016 06:28 GMT
#4
That's a lot of money for only one or two games. I thought they'd gain less by doing this.
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BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES48370 Posts
April 21 2016 06:31 GMT
#5
how old is DRGling?
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Yorkie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States12612 Posts
April 21 2016 06:32 GMT
#6
Player A is likely to be Life. He lost 6 games in that tournament. 1 to Dream, 2 to Terminator, and he got 3-0d by Dark (which I imagine is most likely where any thrown games are)
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HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21141 Posts
April 21 2016 06:35 GMT
#7
On April 21 2016 15:31 BLinD-RawR wrote:
how old is DRGling?

Yeah idk, but if he isn't 24 as far as I can see only Bbyong and Stats are 24 (23 in Korea) out of the players that played GSL on Jan 15th.
Yorkie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States12612 Posts
April 21 2016 06:37 GMT
#8
On April 21 2016 15:35 HolydaKing wrote:
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On April 21 2016 15:31 BLinD-RawR wrote:
how old is DRGling?

Yeah idk, but if he isn't 24 as far as I can see only Bbyong and Stats are 24 (23 in Korea) out of the players that played GSL on Jan 15th.

Gotta be Bbyong. Dropped out for personal reasons later in the event. Stats played only recently so it's unlikely he's been getting investigated
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BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES48370 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-21 06:47:27
April 21 2016 06:47 GMT
#9
bbyong's last game was in February in PL, he wasn't fielded after that, dropped out of the GSL...... I don't want to believe that.
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stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
April 21 2016 06:51 GMT
#10
At least Mr. E had the scruples to turn himself in.
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abuse
Profile Joined April 2011
Latvia1922 Posts
April 21 2016 06:56 GMT
#11
I don't understand what a person is thinking where he match fixes and then turns himself in.

If you have the decency to turn yourself in then you should've had the decency to not do it in the first place.
I don't believe you.
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13625 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-21 06:56:34
April 21 2016 06:56 GMT
#12
I really hope Stats isnt Mr. E... it looks like bbyong considering his "personal leave" recently. Mr.A should be Life. Or preferably this is just a preview from the next P&W Chapter, and esports isnt furthur tainted...
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SC2Toastie
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
Netherlands5725 Posts
April 21 2016 06:56 GMT
#13
No T_T Not Bbyong T____T
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Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13625 Posts
April 21 2016 06:58 GMT
#14
On April 21 2016 15:56 abuse wrote:
I don't understand what a person is thinking where he match fixes and then turns himself in.

If you have the decency to turn yourself in then you should've had the decency to not do it in the first place.

It's unforseen guilt/they may have been on the fence anyway. Its hard to say.
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HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21141 Posts
April 21 2016 06:59 GMT
#15
On April 21 2016 15:56 abuse wrote:
I don't understand what a person is thinking where he match fixes and then turns himself in.

If you have the decency to turn yourself in then you should've had the decency to not do it in the first place.

Was it after Life got suspected? Maybe he thought he was gonna get cought as well, so he turned himself in prior to that?
Psyonic_Reaver
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4312 Posts
April 21 2016 07:00 GMT
#16
Jesus SC2 has really gone downhill...
So wait? I'm bad? =(
Inflicted
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia18228 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-21 07:04:26
April 21 2016 07:01 GMT
#17
E has to be Bbyong. Jan 15 was the DRGling-Bbyong series

I can see the appeal to matchfix though, $60k USD to lose a match that's almost impossible to detect unless someone else screws up or confesses
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Thouhastmail
Profile Joined March 2015
Korea (North)876 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-21 07:03:37
April 21 2016 07:03 GMT
#18
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iMrising
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
United States1099 Posts
April 21 2016 07:03 GMT
#19
ehh but i thought bbyong had some illness or something?
dang...but i guess that doesn't mean he's not guilty...
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Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8324 Posts
April 21 2016 07:05 GMT
#20
Hum I need help on that one, any translation?
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