Doping raid: Athletes face up to three years in prison

You could be charged with the offense of sports fraud, said the spokesman for the Innsbruck public prosecutor, Hansjörg Mayr, in an interview with the APA on Thursday.

According to Austrian law, doping itself is only punishable if it is used on someone else. If you as an athlete dope yourself, it is not punishable under the doping law. “But there is the crime of sports fraud,” explained Mayr. On Thursday morning, the interviews with the athletes were still in progress. A decision must be made by noon on Friday at the latest as to whether she will be placed in custody. But none of them are at large yet.

In any case, the investigation against the athletes will be carried out by the Innsbruck public prosecutor's office. However, it is possible to transfer the proceedings against the foreign athletes to their respective home countries. It is not yet clear whether this will happen, said Mayr. The Munich I public prosecutor's office is responsible for the sports doctor and his accomplices, including the two who were arrested in Seefeld.

Charges under the Medicines or Doping Act According to German law, the sports doctor and his accomplices could be charged under either the Medicines Act or the Doping Act. In 2015 there was a change in the law, said the spokeswoman for the Munich I public prosecutor's office, Anne Leiding, to the APA. You could face up to ten years in prison. A decision has not yet been made regarding the possible imposition of pre-trial detention for the sports doctor and his accomplice, who was arrested in Erfurt. But they will probably be brought before the judge today, Thursday, said Leiding. The accomplices arrested in Seefeld are expected to be extradited to Germany, but it is not yet clear when this will happen. Global network Other athletes who could be connected to the network have not yet been identified. There have been no further arrests yet, according to both the public prosecutor's office in Innsbruck and Munich. That athlete who caught in action In any case, Mayr emphasized that he was not caught in the Austrians' accommodation, as initially falsely claimed, but in the apartment of the sports doctor's accomplice who was arrested in Seefeld. Evaluation of the materials The Federal Criminal Police Office told the APA on Thursday that it would not provide any further information for the time being. The first thing to do is to get an overview of the materials and objects seized, said BK spokesman Vincenz Kriegs-Au. In addition, the interrogations of the accused would also have to be evaluated.

You can find the detailed report on the arrests on Wednesday here.

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Doping raid: Athletes face up to three years in prison

The five athletes who were arrested on Wednesday as part of an anti-doping raid against an international network in Seefeld in Tyrol face up to three years in prison.

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