Brian
Betfair has been branded in this way by many. The truth is nothing has changed in the 1970's horses were layed to lose by bookmakers on every racetrack in a Australia some bookmakers layed horses on behalf of other people no different.
The difference with Betfair is because of technology they can and do provide the authorities with full information on who layed horses and for how much and to who. If you check you will find many investigations in Harness racing are able to be carried out more thoroughly because of information gained from Betfair>
I am sure they have provided lots of information on the current scandal.