Major League Baseball announced on Monday that it fired veteran umpire Pat Hoberg due to his involvement in a sports betting scandal. The latest gambling controversy to hit professional sports, MLB found that Hoberg violated its rules given his close connection to a series of bets made on the game.

Major League Baseball has terminated umpire Pat Hoberg for violating the league's gambling policy. Hoberg was disciplined by the league last summer and appealed the decision. In the announcement Monday,

Breaking, per MLB: Umpire Pat Hoberg has been fired for sharing betting accounts with a friend who bet on baseball though there is no evidence Hoberg himself bet on games or manipulated any that he worked. He also deleted messages central to MLB’s investigation.