Hickey was arrested in Rio de Janeiro this morning.
Pat Hickey’s passport, accreditation, and plane tickets have been seized by Brazilian police following
his arrest in Rio de Janeiro this morning.
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The President of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) was arrested as part of an investigation into the unauthorised reselling of Olympic tickets and police provided more details at a press conference in Rio de Janeiro this afternoon.
According to
Sinead Carroll of
TheJournal.ie, who was present at the press conference, email and message evidence on Hickey’s phone is currently being investigated by police, including email exchanges with Marcus Evans, one of the directors of The Hospitality Group (THG).
Kevin Mallon, the Irishman who was found in possession with approximately 1,000 Olympic tickets and faces charges of selling them on illegally, is also a director of the group.
Pro 10, the official reseller for Olympic tickets from the OCI, claim Mallon was distributing tickets on its behalf.
https://twitter.com/SineadOCarroll/status/765898780772331520
https://twitter.com/SineadOCarroll/status/765899223414038528
Regarding Hickey's arrest on Wednesday morning, police said that when they went to arrest in Hickey in Rio de Janeiro this morning, his wife said that he wasn’t there.
He was later found in another room.
Hickey was taken to hospital as a precaution having been very shaken by his arrest and because he informed them about a pre-existing heart condition.
https://twitter.com/SineadOCarroll/status/765901642667552768
The Irish Times, meanwhile, is
reporting that police have evidence that Hickey was involved in the scheme that saw tickets allocated to the Olympic Council of Ireland end up in the hands of THG.
Earlier today, the Olympic Council of Ireland said that they would issue updates on the situation via their website.
https://twitter.com/olympiccouncil/status/765873924840235008
