Wilson Raj Perumal

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Wilson Raj Perumal (b. 31 July 1965) is a convicted Singaporean match-fixer and bookmaker.

Perumal is accused on several match fixing scandals, including Asiagate in 2007–2009 and the 2008–2011 Finnish match-fixing scandal. He was first jailed for match-fixing in 1995 in Singapore.[1] In February 2011 Perumal was arrested in Finland and later sentenced to two years in prison.[2] He served a year in Finnish prison and was then turned over to authorities in Hungary.[3]

During his stay in Finnish prison, Perumal spoke to Finnish authorities and revealed a global network match-fixers based in Singapore. Blaming other members of the network for his arrest, he fingered Dan Tan as the boss of his operation.[4]

Perumal may also have connections to the 2013 Europol match-fixing investigation.[5]

Wilson Raj Perumal is currently writing his memoirs in a soon to be published book.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Wilson Raj Perumal: the convicted match-fixer who ran international empire yards from Wembley". The Telegraph. May 6, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2013. 
  2. ↑ "RoPSin vedonlyöntijupakasta ehdoton ja 9 ehdollista tuomiota" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. July 19, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2013. 
  3. ↑ "All the world is staged". ESPN. August 15, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Interview with the Kelong King, Wilson Raj Perumal" (in English). Invisible Dog. July 20, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2013. 
  5. ↑ "400 manipuloitua ottelua vain jäävuoren huippu" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. February 4, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Notorious match-fixer 'targeting games in England since 1995', claims book" (in English). The Telegraph. January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2014. 

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