Wilson Raj Perumal

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Wilson Raj Perumal, 2014

Wilson Raj Perumal (born July 31, 1965 ) is a convicted Singaporean game manipulator.

Perumal is charged with involvement in several match-fixing systems, such as Asiagate (2007–2009) and the Finnish match-fixing scandal (2008–2011). He was first detained in Singapore in 1995 for match fixing. In the same year, he traveled to England on behalf of a Singaporean match - fixing boss to rig two FA Cup games. According to his autobiography , he and his partner, Ian Bennett , tried to bribe the goalkeeper of Liverpool FC and Dmitri Charin , the goalkeeper of Chelsea London . Both failed.

In February 2011, Perumal was arrested in Finland and sentenced to two years in prison . He served one year of his sentence and was then handed over to the authorities in Hungary .

During his time in the Finnish prison, he spoke to Finnish authorities and revealed the existence of a global match-fixing network out of Singapore.

He published an autobiography about his years as a match maker entitled Kelong Kings . The book was co-authored with investigative journalists Alessandro Righi and Emanuele Piano and published on April 28, 2014. In the book he claims, among other things, is that Nigeria and Honduras only for the 2010 FIFA World Cup have qualified because he has manipulated their qualifying matches and that he also contests at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing manipulated Has. The book also revealed intricate details about the manipulation of friendly warm-up games during the 2010 World Cup. The revelations were corroborated by a FIFA report , excerpts from the New York Times , a month after the book was published.

Publications

  • Wilson Raj Perumal, Alessandro Righi, Emanuele Piano: Kelong Kings: Confessions of the world's most prolific match-fixer. Invisible Dog Classics, Wilson Raj Perumal, Budapest 2014, ISBN 978-963-08-9122-6 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heidi Blake: Wilson Raj Perumal: the convicted match-fixer who ran international empire yards from Wembley. In: The Telegraph May 6, 2011.
  2. ↑ Ben Rumsby: Notorious match- fixer 'targeting games in England since 1995', claims book. In: The Telegraph January 7, 2014.
  3. ↑ RoPSin vedonlyöntijupakasta ehdoton ja 9 ehdollista tuomiota. Helsingin Sanomat. July 19, 2011.
  4. ↑ All the world is staged. ESPN, Aug. 15, 2012.
  5. ↑ Interview with the Kelong King, Wilson Raj Perumal. Invisible Dog. 20th July 2012.
  6. ^ Owen Gibson: "I helped Honduras and Nigeria reach 2010 World Cup" claims match fixer. In: The Guardian April 28, 2014.
  7. ^ Richard Conway: Match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal "influenced Olympic matches". In: BBC News April 28, 2014.
  8. ↑ Fixed Soccer Matches Cast Shadow Over World Cup. In: The New York Times May 31, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Perumal, Wilson Raj
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Singaporean game manipulator and author
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1965