Covers: UEFA Bans Soccer Team for 10 Years for Match-Fixing
Chris Rasmussen, adjunct professor of investigations, comments on the Montenegrin soccer team FK Arsenal Tivat receiving a 10-year ban for match-fixing.
Chris Rasmussen, MBA
Investigations Department, Investigations Program
Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences
About Chris
Chris Rasmussen is working daily with Anti-Money Laundering in one of the biggest Scandinavian Banks. Before that, he worked eight years for the European and World Lotteries Association, identifying match-fixing and money laundering in Sports Books. He has been a part of report writing to UEFA, FIFA and IOC as well as reports to Tennis Integrity Unit and Police enforcement in various European countries. He was a member of the Expert Group “manipulation of sport” under the IOC as well as the Council of Europe. He has odds compiler including risk management experience in sportsbook for four years.
He holds an MBA, Diploma in Anti-Money Laundering and a Minor (MSc) to the Finance Sector.
In the Media
The New York Times: Montenegrin soccer club banned by UEFA for 10 years for match-fixing; player, official banned for life
Chris Rasmussen, an adjunct professor of investigations, comments on the risk of match-fixing, noting that some games in question had suspicious betting patterns.
Mediano Sport & Perspective: Why betting and crypto have taken over the Premier League
Chris Rasmussen, an adjunct professor of investigations, participated in a panel discussion examining the transition from traditional gambling sponsorships to crypto-based partnerships betting in the Premier League.
Flashscore UK: Wimbledon champ Nielsen: 'Playing for peanuts has made match-fixing attractive'
Chris Rasmussen, an adjunct professor of investigations, comments on why tennis players ranked below 200 worldwide could be suspected of match fixing.
The Athletic: Two Europa Conference League qualifiers flagged to UEFA after suspicious betting patterns
Chris Rasmussen, an adjunct professor of investigations, comments on why the European football’s governing body flagged two games because of suspicious betting patterns.
Sport TV Denmark: New developments: More suspicious matches in 2022
Chris Rasmussen, an adjunct professor of investigations, has studied the odds on several handball matches, and he does not doubt that match-fixing took place in between five and ten games.
New Zurich News: Several handball referees apparently have close ties to the betting mafia – they still whistle at the World Cup
Chris Kronow Rasmussen, an adjunct professor of investigations, comments on suspicious activity by referees in handball matches linked to a criminal match-fixing organization called the Gypsy Clan.