Basketball match-fixing investigation in Greece: 6 people arrested

Greek Police announced that 6 people have been arrested in an investigation into allegations that the course, form and outcome of basketball games were improperly interfered with. Vangelis Liolios was reported to be among those arrested.

The operation was carried out by teams from the Organized Crime Directorate on the morning and afternoon of Wednesday, 21 October 2026, in the Attica, Achaea and Katerini areas. According to police, 5 people were found in line with arrest warrants, while one person came of his own accord to the Organized Sports Violence Sub-Directorate and was arrested.

The arrest warrants are based on charges of requesting or accepting gifts or other benefits, giving or promising benefits to a referee, an official or persons connected with an athlete, and improper attempts to influence the result of a match. According to the investigation, the games in question are linked to domestic or foreign betting operations.

Searches of the arrested people's homes, carried out under the supervision of judges, turned up 931,463 euros, 14 mobile phones, 6 laptops, 22 USB drives, 2 tablets, 2 SD cards, a memory card, a hard drive and a notebook. In addition, 3 team jerseys, 3 team souvenirs, 2 player albums and banknotes from various countries were seized.