Italian tennis umpire banned for several years over match-fixing offences
National-level Italian tennis chair umpire and line judge Lorenzo Chiurazzi has been banned from the sport for seven and a half years, as confirmed in a statement by The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA)
National-level Italian tennis chairman ump and railway line justice Lorenzo Chiurazzi has been prohibited from the feature for vii and a half years, as confirmed inward a financial statement by The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA).
Additionally, the ITIA issued Chiurazzi with a fine of $50,000, of which $33,500 has been suspended.
Chiurazzi was alleged to hold committed a array of ruler breaches at a 2021 tourney inwards Perugia. Infringements committed included the delaying of tally inputting, deliberately inputting the wrongfulness scores, weakness to co-operate with the subsequent investigation and flunk to story corruption.
He was found shamed of several charges, breaching several rules of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program, including: Section D.1.b which stipulates play offences, Section D.1.m which covers measured deceit of scores and Section D.1.d which deals with direct and indirect dodge of event outcomes.
Chiurazzi, who admitted the charges, was dealt with below the ITIA’s ‘Proposal for Disposition’ process, which permits the issuing of sanctions without a hearing, provided the offences are admitted to.
The ban came into ram on 12 August and is readiness lastly until 11 February 2030. During this time, Chiurazzi testament be prohibited from officiating or attending any lawn tennis event authorised or sanctioned past any international tennis governing physical structure or national association.