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After Tailung's ban, Astini made some statements about what he knows regarding SA's matchfixing ecosystem. Since most of it was in Portuguese, I thought it was worth translating and sharing here:

Regarding the use of map-hack: > I reported the usage on the ones I found. Eventually, these people will be banned. But the most important thing is for Valve to develop some anti-hack in Dota. > Now, as I said. Most of those who use it are involved with match-fixing. They will fall one by one. > The mafia is going down. Playtime was just the icing on the cake. > Stop being delusional. SA DOTA 2 needs Peruvian players, but I've already realized that the local culture is that when they start to stand out, they are encouraged to use hacks, share accounts, and match-fix as if they would go unpunished for the rest of their lives. > Then you reach the top and get caught. The bill always comes due. Play clean. If you are a young player starting out in Dota today, don't fall for what others tell you. > Stay clean or the bill comes due. Maybe not in the open qualifiers, but it does when you reach EWC/TI. > For some reason, some clowns are laughing when I talk about something serious. I will be laughing when your idol gets banned.

Why he sees these events as something positive for the future of the SA scene: > Let's look at it from another perspective: > Imagine you are Wits. You are there to play EWC and poof: you find out your midlaner is under investigation and won't play the tournament. > Then you find out that your former midlaner from Amaru was banned. > Two years of your career sunk by someone playing against you from within your own team. > Luckily they found out, and in the next tournament, without a criminal infiltrator holding the team back, he is the champion! > Wits got "lucky". After two years he broke free. > How many others who play clean had their careers ended by those who played dirty? > It is something to CELEBRATE when someone gets banned. A career is over. But a career that destroyed DOZENS to get there through INJUSTICE. > We need several more to be banned to ensure a healthy competitive environment for the rest. > Whoever mourns this ban or criticizes those investigating is on the wrong side. > Today, GOOD PREVAILED!

When asked about what he knew regarding Leostyle: > I never heard anything bad about Léo. > But I heard some heavy things about Pokorn and Wonderkid. > But I am neither the accuser nor the judge in this case. So I watch from afar. But if I were a serious player, I would avoid being around them.

Finally, about ongoing investigations: > There are still about 50 more to fall... I hope at least 5 of them fall together. I'll tell every detail later. If I tell everything now, it might interfere with the progress of the other cases.

Nothing's confirmed yet, but according to Pancho (a big content creator in the SA scene), it reportedly leaked from the BLAST Slam VII registration that LGD picked up the whole ex-HEROIC roster for the rest of the season (source).

Funny enough, Kaffurtado (ex-Heroic's coach) also tweeted something that pretty much hints they signed a deal.