Overview

• Kearyn Baccus and Clayton Lewis pleaded guilty on July 10 in Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court to engaging in conduct that corrupts the betting outcome of A-League matches by deliberately earning yellow cards.
• The pair will return for sentencing on September 17 under charges that carry a maximum penalty of ten years’ imprisonment after prosecutors withdrew a separate count of participating in a criminal group.
• Former Macarthur FC captain Ulises Davila faces nine charges across six matches, including facilitating and directing a criminal group, and is due back in court in August without having yet entered a plea.
• Prosecutors are compiling a detailed evidence brief drawing on gaming-machine records and bookmaker statements from BetPlay Colombia, Bet365 New Jersey and Bet365 Bulgaria that tracked suspicious wagers.
• Investigators allege Davila paid Baccus and Lewis up to AU$10,000 each to earn cautions in matches against Melbourne Victory on November 24 and Sydney FC on December 9, 2023, yielding hundreds of thousands of dollars in payout.