Teenage CS:GO prodigy suspended by ESIC over match fixing allegations
Just when you think CS2 will finally launch, you get news about match fixing allegations in CS:GO instead. In an official statement, the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) claims that teenaged CS:GO player Joel “joel” Holmlund has failed to keep the temptation of match fixing at bay. He has been suspended from ESIC-sanctioned esports events as a result.
The ESIC’s decision to suspend joel comes “in light of evidence available corroborating allegations of his multiple breaches of the ESIC Anti-Corruption Code” while he was playing for GODSENT earlier in 2023. The outlined breaches of said code are: