The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has showed that Petru-Alexandru Luncanu, a 34-year-antique tennis participant from Romania, has been suspended from the game for 5 years after a couple of breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Programme (TACP).
The case turned into taken into consideration through unbiased Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer (AHO) Raj Parker, who upheld 5 of 7 fees added through the ITIA for match-solving hobby in 2017 and 2021, in addition to a further fee of failing to co-function absolutely with the ITIA’s research in 2022.
It turned into decided through AHO Parker that Luncanu, who reached a career-excessive ATP singles rating of 304 in 2009, had breached the TACP through contriving the final results or another factor of numerous matches, and without delay or not directly facilitating tennis wagering.
AHO Parker additionally located that the Player did not co-function absolutely with the ITIA research through taking flight consent for his or her cell telecellsmartphone to be analysed while asked through an ITIA investigator.
Luncanu, who denied all the fees, may be prohibited from gambling in, education at or attending any tennis occasion accepted or sanctioned through the governing our bodies of tennis till eight June 2028. The Player has additionally been fined $40,000.
The ITIA is an unbiased frame set up through the International Governing Bodies of Tennis to promote, encourage, decorate and protect the integrity of expert tennis worldwide.