Ye Zheyun () is a Chinese

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who was accused of being involved in a Belgian football corruption and betting scandal that took place in 2005. It was alleged that several teams and/or players received money from Ye to influence match results, so corrupt bookmakers could be certain of a gambling profit.

Background information

Teams mentioned in the scandal are Lierse,

La Louvière La Louvière (; ) is a city and Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Hainaut Province, province of Hainaut, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Boussoit, Haine-Saint-Paul, Haine-Saint-Pie ...

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Geel Geel () is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of Antwerp, which acquired city status in the 1980s. It comprises Central-Geel which is constituted of 4 old parishes a/o towns: Sint-Amand, Sint-Dimpna, Holven and Elsum. Furthe ...

and also

Germinal Beerschot Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian association football, football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from Belgian First Division 1999–2000, 1999–2000 ...

. Ye always appeared at teams with financial problems, except for Beerschot, who had at that time a crucial match against AEC Mons, who were on the verge of relegation. The insinuations about fixed results started after a few matches, which were heavily bet on, with strange events and/or results. Such as, e.g. Lierse starting with a reserve team twice unexpectedly. Ye had also been the owner of Finnish team

AC Allianssi AC Vantaan Allianssi (or AC Allianssi) was a Finnish football club, based in the town of Vantaa. History Allianssi were a club in decline, following an 8–0 defeat at fellow Finnish club FC Haka. The match was believed to have been fixed by a B ...

, due to

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a now defunct club that also seemed to experience some strange match events at the end of their existence. Police investigated the case, but found insufficient evidence.

Disappearance

Ye mostly worked together with Pietro Allatta and

Olivier Suray Olivier Suray (born 16 October 1971) is a Belgian football manager and former professional player who played for several clubs in Europe. In 2006, he was implicated in a match-fixing scandal involving Chinese business executive Zheyun Ye. Club ...

. Police arrested both, but Allatta and Suray were released after interrogation. In March 2006, the Belgian

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ordered an international

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against Ye. It is unknown where he currently is. His

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told

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'' that Ye denied all accusations and that he was residing somewhere in

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References

External links

"Bribery scandal in Belgium" at Xtreme Football Fans Forum

2005–06 in Belgian football Chinese businesspeople Fugitives wanted by Belgium Fugitives wanted on bribery charges Living people Sportspeople involved in betting scandals Sports scandals in China Sports scandals in Belgium Year of birth missing (living people) {{PRChina-business-bio-stub

Background information

Disappearance

See also

References

External links