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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rob Davies

Ladbrokes owner’s ex-CEO and others face charges including bribery and fraud

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Kenny Alexander at the Cheltenham racing festival in 2023. Photograph: Seb Daly/Sportsfile/Getty

Former directors of Entain, the gambling company that owns Ladbrokes and Coral, are among 11 people who have been charged with offences including bribery, fraud, cheating the public revenue, tax evasion and perverting the course of justice.

The Crown Prosecution Service said on Thursday that it had authorised the prosecution of 11 individuals for seven alleged offences in relation to the provision of gambling services in Turkey between 2011 and 2018.

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