The Hong Kong-based CS:GO team inchk1ng has been banned for match fixing by E-Frag, following an investigation by gambling site CSGOLounge, E-Frag announced Wednesday.

According to a press release from E-Frag, player Yiu "hazy" Sang Wallace Leung placed bets against inchk1ng during their SEA Rising Stars Promotional Semifinals match versus NXL from various accounts, including his main.

According to E-Frag, CSGOLounge initially approached them with their investigation, and E-Frag will be sending the results of their own investigation to Valve.

"We would like to thank CSGOLounge for sharing their investigation with us, and we will forward all information regarding this issue to Valve," E-Frag stated in a press release.

"We will continue to uphold the competitive integrity of our tournaments and events as our most important goal and will punish rule breakers and those who risk that competitive integrity fairly and with due course."

inchk1ng has been banned from all future E-Frag events.

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