A joint investigation by Josimar and Bellingcat has found that 1xBet, official betting sponsor of FC Barcelona, PSG, Serie A and CAF, is organising and giving odds on hundreds of thousands of games per year involving fake teams and children as young as 14.
By Philippe Auclair, Andy Brown, Jack Kerr, Sam Kunti and Steve Menary, in collaboration with Bellingcat
Controversy has been a constant companion of 1XBet from the very beginning, ever since its three founders, Roman Semiokhin, Dimitri Kazorin and former cyber intelligence major Sergey Karshkov (*), had to flee Russia to escape arrest and prosecution for running an illegal sports betting operation from their base in Bryansk, only to relaunch the 1xBet brand in Cyprus and build it into one of the best-known and most profitable online gaming platforms in the world.
1xBet's founders: Dimitri Kazorin, Roman Semiokhin and Sergey Karshkov.
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