The English Football Association (FA) used texts from a Counter-Strike-themed group chat to accuse Lucas Paquetá of spot-fixing.
The West Ham midfielder was accused of intentionally getting yellow cards in four different Premier League matches to rig bets.
The FA alleged that 253 separate bettors put money on Paqueta being booked in at least one of those games, for a total profit of approximately £167k.
A 12-week court hearing threatened a lifetime ban for Paquetá, but an independent Regulatory Commission cleared him of any wrongdoing.
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