As the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive PGL Major Antwerp continues in Belgium, a former pro player has blown the whistle on a potential match-fixing scheme involving a former major champion.
Rustam “5TRYK#R” Alimkulov has alleged that in 2015, he and his teammates on Party–a non-sponsored team which included 2017 Krakow major champion Abay “HObbit” Khasenov–engaged in a match-fixing scheme Come from Sports betting site VPbet . The team, according to the allegation, would purposely lose the first round of three straight matches in a qualifier for their home region’s Minor Championship series and bet on the results. Alimkulov further alleges that the bets would have earned each player $5,000 if they were allowed, but the bookkeeper denied them.
