Fishing cheating scandal so extreme the culprits have been charged with attempted grand theft

dailystar.co.uk:

accused of stuffing fish with weights and extra fillets to increase their weight and win a fishing event in Ohio. Chase Cominsky and Jake Runyan also face charges of possessing criminal tools and unlawful ownership of wild animals.

The pair had been declared winners of the Lake Erie Walleye Trail (LEWT) Championship event when the event's director, Jason Fischer, opened up one of their fish to find what appeared to be a lead ball inside.Fischer became suspicious after noticing Cominsky and Runyan's fish were weighing in heavier than expected, prompting him to cut one of them open and discover the weights inside. READ NOW: Fishing champions caught cheating red-handed as furious rivals demand 'call the cops' Cominsky and Runyan were set to pick up around $30,000 (£26,800) in prize money for winning the event, but were subsequently disqualified and an officer from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources confiscated their fish as evidence.

The Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office said at the time there was an "open investigation" ongoing into the scandal and the pair have now been indicted.

The indictment says Cominsky and Runyan "did knowingly engage in conduct designed to corrupt the outcome of an athletic or sporting event".