West Ham’s Lucas Paquetá cleared of spot-fixing charges brought by FA

West Ham star expresses relief at ‘not proven’ findingsFA finds against him for failing to help investigationLucas Paquetá has expressed his relief after been cleared of spot-fixing. The West Ham midfielder was charged by the Football Association in May last year with four counts of deliberately getting himself booked to influence betting markets so that friends and family members might benefit and faced a lengthy ban if found guilty.“An independent regulatory commission has found the misconduct charges against West Ham United’s Lucas Paquetá for alleged breaches of FA Rule E5 to be not proven,” read a FA statement. “It was alleged that Lucas Paquetá directly sought to influence the progress, conduct, or any other aspect of, or occurrence in these matches by intentionally seeking to receive a card from the referee for the improper purpose of affecting the betting market in order for one or more persons to profit from betting. Lucas Paquetá denied the charges against him, and the Regulatory Commission found them to be not proven following a hearing.” Continue reading...

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