The Esports Integrity Fee (ESIC) has issued an interim suspension to Swedish Counter-Strike 2 staff Northern Lights.
The choice follows a preliminary investigation into breaches of the Fee’s Integrity Programme.
The 5 gamers receiving interim suspensions from competing in Counter-Strike 2 esports tournaments are:
- Axel ‘Axelen‘ Enholm
- Anton ‘Meinz‘ Evander
- Oscar ‘Avoy‘ Dahlkvist
- Frank ‘Fraaank‘ Issal
- Alexander ‘frigolito‘ Andersson
The interim suspension follows an inside investigation from Swedish match organiser Elitserien on October eighth, 2025. The investigation discovered the 5 gamers responsible of dishonest and match-fixing whereas competing on the Esplay platform.
Avoy, frigolito, and Fraaank obtained one-year punishments for match-fixing, whereas Meinz and Axelen obtained lifetime bans from Elitserien.
“The issues underneath overview concern potential violations of the Anti-Corruption Code and provisions of the Code of Conduct,” mentioned ESIC in a launch.
The Fee has additionally revealed that Northern Lights is unable to compete in all ESIC Member occasions whereas the provisional suspension is in place. A ultimate consequence of the investigation is anticipated at a later date.
Sweden’s Counter-Strike scene has been impacted by instances of dishonest and match-fixing all through 2025. In April, former GODSENT participant Joel ‘joel’ Holmlund obtained a lifetime ban after being discovered responsible of dishonest throughout on-line matches.
ESIC’s Battle In opposition to Dishonest
Dishonest has no place in esports, and ESIC has continued implementing varied suspensions to protect the integrity of on-line and LAN tournaments going down internationally.
In Could, gamers and workers representing ATOX Esports obtained a spread of bans for alleged match-fixing. Two gamers and an analyst obtained lifetime bans, whereas others obtained suspensions starting from one to a few years.
The suspension of Northern Lights is ESIC’s second CS2 suspension of October. On October thirteenth, it issued an interim suspension to SENZA’s gamers, workers, and coaches for allegedly breaching the Anti-Corruption Code.
