MANILA, Philippines — The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League filed before the DOJ game-fixing complaint against 21 persons including SOCCSKSARGEN Marlins team owner and player Kevin Espinosa and some players of the Marlins team. Included in the complaint were team officials and three Chinese nationals. MPBL commissioner Kenneth Duremdes, through the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), filed 17 counts of betting, multiple counts of game-fixing and points shaving, as defined under Section 1 and 3 of Presidential Decree No. They filed the complaint against Espinosa. SOCCSKSARGEN players who were named respondents in the complaint were Jake Diwa, Exequiel Biteng, Jerome Juanico, Matthew Bernabe, Julio Magbanua Jr., Abraham Santos, John Patrick Rabe, Ryan Regalado and Ricky Morillo.

Source: Philippine Star November 12, 2019 16:17 UTC