Oliver Anderson, the winner of the Boys’ Singles title at the 2016 Australian Open, is reportedly the 18-year-old that was charged with ‘engaging in conduct that corrupts a betting outcome’ by Victorian Police on 5 January. “Oliver is cooperating fully with authorities”, a spokesman for the Anderson family told The Age. “He now awaits the legal process”. The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) told The Guardian that it had worked with Victorian Police to support their investigation, and once any criminal proceedings had been concluded, it would “continue to progress investigations under the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program”.

‘TIU policy is to operate on a confidential basis wherever possible’, wrote a TIU spokesperson in an email. ‘The Unit will always work co-operatively with law enforcement agencies investigating betting related corruption in the sport. Police obviously have greater powers than a sports integrity unit, so their involvement can bring forward evidence that could subsequently be used in a tennis investigation/prosecution. Likewise, TIU’s expertise in tennis can be of value to the police.’ The TIU also provided information to Spanish police to assist with the recent arrest of 34 people as part of an investigation into match fixing in tennis.

The TIU was initially established to instigate disciplinary cases within tennis, but does not exclude the possibility of information sharing with police in jurisdictions where cheating at gambling is a criminal offence, such as in Australia and Spain. The TIU privacy policy clarifies that it can share information with law enforcement agencies.

‘Engaging in conduct that corrupts a betting outcome’ is a criminal offence in Australia under Section 195C of the Crimes Act 1958 (Victoria). The offence was introduced to the 1958 Act through the Crimes Amendment (Integrity in Sports) Act 2013, which came into effect on 24 April 2013.

Anderson will appear at the Latrobe Valley Magistrates’ Court on 2 March. Victoria Police said that its Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit (SIIU), which was formed in February 2013 to investigate the Southern Stars case, also assisted with the investigation.