37 CS:GO coaches have been banned by ESIC for exploiting a spectator bug

Sep 28, 2020

The Esports Integrity Coalition has issued bans to 37 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive coaches for lengths varying from 3 months to 3 years following an investigation into the competitive CS:GO scene regarding potential exploitation of a technical bug. ESIC plans to conclude this investigation in October after releasing one more report following the banning of the 37 coaches on the morning of Monday, September 28.

The following 37 coaches have been banned by ESIC, and each of their respective sentence lengths have been included in the list below. The following concessions apply to the sentences when notated:

The concession allowances included:

Confession prior to the investigation announcement - 40% ban period reduction
Confession accepted in full - 25% ban period reduction
Confession accepted partially - 12.5% ban period reduction
Assistance in the investigation - 20% ban period reduction

Finland Slaava "⁠Twista⁠" Räsänen (2 cases) - 15.75 months (12.50% concessions)
Denmark Peter "⁠casle⁠" Sørensen (2) - 10 months (0%)
Argentina Rodrigo "⁠dinamo⁠" Haro (2) - 10 months (0%)
Brazil Arno "⁠ArnoZ1K4⁠" Junior (1) - 10 months (0%)
Denmark Allan "⁠Rejin⁠" Petersen (7) - 19.8 months (45%)
Venezuela Eliomar "glou" Hernandez (2) - 10 months (0%)
Brazil Arthur "⁠prd⁠" Resende (5) - 10 months (0%)
Russia Alexey "⁠NooK⁠" Kozlovskiy (1) - 7.5 months (25%)
Brazil Henrique "⁠rikz⁠" Waku (1) - 10 months (0%)
Brazil Alessandro "⁠Apoka⁠" Marcucci (6) - 5.4 months (85%)
Russia Aleksandr "⁠zoneR⁠" Bogatiryev (16) - 36 months (0%)
Argentina Germán "hellpa" Morath (2) - 10 months (0%)
Russia Egor "fuRy^" Morin (1) - 7.5 months (25%)
Kazakhstan Aset "⁠Solaar⁠" Sembiyev (2) - 10 months (0%)
Denmark Nicolai "⁠HUNDEN⁠" Petersen (2) - 8 months (20%)
Brazil Ricardo "⁠dead⁠" Sinigaglia (5) - 6.5 months (35%)
Brazil Nicholas "⁠guerri⁠" Nogueira (2) - 4 months (60%)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Faruk "⁠pita⁠" Pita (2) - 10 months (0%)
Russia Erik "⁠AKIMOV⁠" Akimov (1) - 7.5 months (25%)
Russia Ivan "⁠F_1N⁠" Kochugov (6) - 8.75 months (12.50%)
Brazil Bruno "⁠ellllll⁠" Ono (3) - 10 months (0%)
Brazil Pedro "⁠peu⁠" Lopes (2) - 5 months (0%)
Sweden Robert "⁠RobbaN⁠" Dahlström (1) - 5.5 months (45%)
Poland Mariusz "⁠Loord⁠" Cybulski (2) - 6 months (40%)
Bulgaria Anton "⁠ToH1o⁠" Georgiev (2) - 10 months (0%)
Ukraine Andrey "⁠Andi⁠" Prokhorov (1) - 10 months (0%)
Czech Republic Milan "⁠pepik⁠" Gellebra (1) - 10 months (0%)
France Morgan "⁠B1GGY⁠" Madour (3) - 7.5 months (25%)
Sweden Christian "⁠chrille⁠" Lindberg (2) - 10 months (0%)
Ukraine Sergey "⁠starix⁠" Ischuk (1) - 10 months (0%)
Denmark Alexander "⁠ave⁠" Holdt (1) - 6 months (40%)
Norway Jasmeet "⁠RoSeY⁠" Gill (1) - 10 months (0%)
Ukraine Sergey "⁠lmbt⁠" Bezhanov (3) - 7.5 months (25%)
Denmark Henrik "⁠FeTiSh⁠" Christensen (1) - 3.75 months (25%)
Poland Mikołaj "⁠miNirox⁠" Michałków (1) - 3.75 months (25%)
Bulgaria Nikolay "⁠pNshr⁠" Paunin (1) - 3.75 months (25%)
Denmark Casper "⁠ruggah⁠" Due (1) - 3.75 months (25%)