Italian umpire suspended by tennis watchdog over match-fixing charges
A tennis umpire has been suspended over match-fixing charges, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has confirmed
A lawn tennis umpire has been suspended o'er match-fixing charges, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has confirmed.
Francesco Totaro, a National Level ump from Italy, has received a provisional temporary removal pending the good considerateness of alleged agree fixing.
According to the ITIA, Totaro’s hiatus was granted below plane section F.3 of the 2022 Tennis Anti-Corruption Program.
This permits the organisation to impose a provisional respite before either a observation of major offence has been issued or a audition has been convened.
It may also come so at any time after a audition but before a written decision from an anti-corruption hearing officer (AHO) is issued.
As a result of his suspension, Totaro is prohibited from officiating at or attending any lawn tennis case authorised past an international governing physical structure or subject association “until the full disciplinary cognitive process is completed,” said the ITIA.
The organisation added: “The ITIA is an independent organic structure established by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis to promote, encourage, raise and safeguard the unity of professional person lawn tennis worldwide.”
Totaro’s dangling follows the issuance of multi-year bans to triad Tunisian umpires earliest this week. Majd Affi, Mohamed Ghassen Snene and Abderahim Gharsallah were handed lengthy embargos for manipulating scores.
Affi, a greenish badge chairman umpire, was prohibited for 20 years, while Snene and Gharsallah from each one received a shorter seven-year ban. Each banning was backdated to the go of their provisional reprieve on 6 November 2020.