Journalist and commentator Volodymyr Zverov reported that the current referee of the First League is on the lists of suspects involved in the match-fixing cases.
"I will say that there were many figures in the case, their phones and gadgets were confiscated. A lot can be found there, and next will be the topic of handing out suspicions.
From what I have heard, there are official data and there are unofficial ones; the current referee of the First League is among the people suspected, who are involved in these cases. This referee is not just a referee of the First League; he had ambitions, and perhaps still does, to grow into a referee in the UPL.
Mostly, these searches were related to esports, but there is also a football trace. One house that was present in the video released by the National Police, I have seen somewhere before when there were searches in 2018 regarding match-fixing in the Premier League and the First League.
At that time, this alleged match-fixing organizer was absent, according to the police. Now he was present.
It is quite possible that soon his name will also be known to the public. This is the football trace of these searches,” said Zverov.