A professional tennis player in Brisbane has been charged with match fixing after an investigation involving “star chamber” hearings by Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission.
Isaac Frost, 28, is accused of facilitating a fix on a match at the Challenger Tournament in Traralgon, Victoria, that police allege attracted “a number of suspicious bets”.
Frost, whose highest world ranking was 651, has also been charged with nine counts of supplying dangerous drugs and one of possession.
Queensland police said an investigation that began last year and involved the Victoria police sporting integrity intelligence unit “led detectives to suspect that a number of people received information that the match would allegedly be fixed and subsequently placed bets through various betting agencies”.
Frost, of Chelmer in inner Brisbane, was given bail after appearing in the Brisbane magistrates court on Wednesday.
The Crime and Corruption Commission has held coercive hearings in relation to the investigation in which people may be charged with contempt if they refuse to answer questions, police said.
Match fixing in Queensland has carried a maximum punishment of 10 years jail since 2014, when the state government brought penalties into line with other Australian jurisdictions.
Frost was due to appear again at Brisbane magistrates court on 26 June.
