Singapore gang rigged 100-plus games: source

A notorious Singaporean match-fixing gang rigged more than 100 football games worldwide in a scam worth millions of dollars, before it was busted this month, a source said on Monday.

A notorious Singaporean match-fixing gang rigged more than 100 football games worldwide in a scam worth millions of dollars, before it was busted this month, a source said Monday.

The source, who has direct knowledge of the case, added there were signs that the syndicate, allegedly led by Singaporean businessman Dan Tan, was involved in violent activity.

However, the source played down suggestions that the gang was responsible for a greater share of the 680 suspicious games reported by European investigators earlier this year.

And the source added that there was no evidence that the gang linked to Dan Tan, full name Tan Seet Eng, was involved in a fixing ring uncovered this month in Australia.

The details have emerged two weeks after Singaporean authorities rounded up 14 people in the wealthy Asian city-state’s biggest operation yet against international match-fixing. The five alleged members still in custody include Dan Tan, according to the source.

They are being held under a section of the criminal code usually employed against criminal gangs which allows for up to a year’s detention without trial.