RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Two Irish Olympic executives have told Rio police that the head of their national committee, who has been arrested in a Summer Games ticket-scalping probe, was in sole charge of ticketing matters, a chief investigator said Thursday.
Olympic Council of Ireland's team leader Kevin Kilty and chief executive Stephen Martin spoke to police for almost four hours as witnesses in the investigation that has ensnared the OCI's longtime president, Patrick Hickey. Earlier this week Kilty and Martin were described as suspects.
"They cooperated with us in confirming the role of Patrick Hickey as the one who handled ticket operations.