An order issued under Britain’s Proceeds of Crime Act has frozen $13.5 million on Premier League accounts since January 2025, equivalent to 11 million pounds sterling, representing less than 0.5% of the approximately 3 billion pounds redistributed each season to its twenty clubs. The investigation targets neither the English league nor the French company Sorare, but a commercial partner of the latter, suspected of a link between these funds and criminal activity. No indictments have been filed: under British law, the freeze applies to the suspicious money, not its holders. The freeze, issued for six months renewable, cannot exceed two years in total, with a deadline set for January 2027, at which point authorities must initiate civil confiscation proceedings or return the funds.
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