Career
Perumal is accused on several match fixing scandals, including Asiagate in 2007–2009 and the 2008–2011 Finnish match-fixing scandal. He was first jailed for match-fixing in 1995 in Singapore. In February 2011 Perumal was arrested in Finland and later sentenced to two years in prison.
He served a year in Finnish prison and was then turned over to authorities in Hungary.
During his stay in Finnish prison, Perumal spoke to Finnish authorities and revealed a global network match-fixers based in Singapore. Perumal may also have connections to the 2013 Europol match-fixing investigation.
Wilson Raj Perumal has published his match fixing memoirs in a book titled "Kelong Kings", written with investigative journalists Alessandro Righi and Emanuele Piano. The book was released on April 28, 2014.
Wilson Raj Perumal"s memoir also revealed intricate details about the fixing of a number of 2010 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup warm-up friendly matches involving South Africa, Bulgaria, Colombia, Guatemala, Denmark, Brazil and Tanzania.
The revelations were confirmed by a Fédération internationale de football association report, excerpts of which appeared on the New York Times a month after the book"s publication. Wilson Raj Perumal appeared in his first televised interview on August 26, 2014, on Cable News Network. On February 17, 2015, the investigative journalism website Invisible Dog issued a press release stating that the film rights to the book Kelong Kings were optioned by Gianni Nunnari"s Hollywood Gang productions, who are developing a feature film based on the match-fixer"s autobiography.