The English Football Association (FA) has charged Nottingham Forest defender Harry Toffolo with 375 breaches of the betting rules.
All violations occurred between January 22, 2014 and March 18, 2017, and Toffolo allegedly made a series of bets.
This violation relates to FA Rule E8, which states that no player, match official or coach anywhere in the world may bet, directly or indirectly, on matters related to football.
The FA did not provide details at the time, and Toffolo had until July 19 to respond.
Toffolo joined Premier League side Nottingham Forest in 2022 and spent the period on loan at several clubs.
Loaned from Norwich City, he played for Swindon Town, Rotherham United, Peterborough United and Scunthorpe United. All these clubs are trading in lower leagues outside the top level Premier League.
Nottingham Forest has yet to respond to the accusations.
Tony suspended for 8 months
The offense comes after the suspension given to Brentford’s England international striker Ivan Tony.
Brentford star Tony has been charged with breaking regulation E8 262 times and has been given an initial 11-month suspension. Tony was not playing for Brentford in the Premier League at the time of the breach.
The FA had identified an initial 232 violations before adding further violations in December 2022. A total of 30 violations have since been dropped, and Tony has admitted to the remaining 232.
Tony was also fined £50,000 (€57,559/$62,340) and warned for future conduct.
However, after the player was formally diagnosed with a gambling addiction, the ban was reduced to eight months.
This was revealed in a document released by the FA’s Regulatory Commission. That document contained the written reasons behind Tony’s ban.
Most recently, Port Vale defender Mitch Clark was handed a three-month ban and a £600 fine for a gambling offense.
Clark admitted to betting 312 times on football games between February 2022 and March 2023 while playing for Accrington Stanley. While most of Clark’s bets involved other teams, on one occasion a player bet that his team would lose.
The FA has opted to suspend the three-month suspension for two years pending further violations of the FA’s gambling rules.
