Prime's head coach Park "Gerrard" Oi Sik and Choi "YoDa" Byung Hyun have been banned for life after the Korean eSports Association found them guilty of match-fixing.

In their official press release, KeSPA director Cho Man Soo stated that the investigation is still ongoing, and the players will be prosecuted. Gerrard and YoDa have already been incarcerated.

The ban and indictment comes after several accusations of match-fixing and throwing in Progleague. During the events, bets were cancelled due to suspicious betting and former Prime player Lee "MarineKing" Jung Hoon was accused of throwing a match. He was later exonerated, but Prime remained under suspicion.

"The case is currently under investigation, and as such we expect details to be released at a later time by the Prosecutor's office," Man Soo said in the press release, translated by Kwanghee Woo on Team Liquid. "The association will actively cooperate in the investigation, and if any others are found to be involved in the case, they will be banned for life regardless of the result of a trial. Depending on the circumstances, the association may sue for damages and/or on grounds of obstruction.

"The association independently learned that Gerrard and Yoda were involved illegal betting from an anonymous source seeking a reward. While investigating the case internally, we learned that the Prosecutor's office had made arrests and were holding an investigation, and have been receiving legal advice since then."

KeSPA and SpoTV removed the in-game clock from Proleague so that illegal betters would have more trouble fixing matches and placing bets. This is not new to Korean StarCraft, as several instances of match-fixing and cheating plagued the scene and came to a head in 2010, when sAviOr and ten other players were permanently banned by KeSPA.

Korean League of Legends team SBENU, which was being run by Gerrard, will be run by KeSPA for the time being and the team will continue operating as usual.

Daniel Rosen is a news editor for theScore eSports. You can follow him on Twitter.