A-League players avoid conviction over betting scam

Two former A-League players, who deliberately received a yellow card for $ 10,000, escaped from a conviction in a criminal record.

Former Macarthur Bulls duo Kearyn Baccus and Clayton Lewis will serve a two -year -old release order, similar to a good behavior, after being sentenced in Sydney on Wednesday.

In addition, they will have to repay $ 10,000 as a fine of $ 10,000 to get yellow cards in December 2023.

Michael Blair, the magistrate judge in the central local court, said the couple was allegedly organized by the captain Ulises Davila at that time.

On December 9, 2023, when bets on MacArthur to get at least four yellow cards in the match, accusations against Sydney FC against a MacArthur game.

Winning payments for betting in South America through the gambling site and allegedly organized by Davila was more than $ 167,000.

The facts accepted that Davila hired Lewis because of his gambling addiction history and his “some extra money”.

Mr. Blair found that there was no evidence that the two men have been given to their actions and even how much they have to pay.

In the applications, the lawyers for the two, the captain “not only the captain of the team, the captain of the plan,” he said.

After all three players were released from Davila and Baccus contracts, MacArthur FC was suspended and Baccus is now working as a truck driver.

The prosecution argued that Bakcus should be given a harder sentence because he tried to hide his payment from Davila as a car purchase, but Mr. Blair also did not agree with low -level crimes.

Davila was accused of acting as a channel between MacArthur players and a Colombian criminal known as “J Col”, and has not yet been pleased to accuse him.

On Thursday, he will face the court on these charges.