Caribbean cricket has been plunged further into scandal after West Indies player Javon Searles and two team officials were charged with multiple breaches of anti-corruption codes.

Searles and Titans team owner Chitranjan Rathod and team official Trevon Griffith have provisionally been suspended as a result of alleged match-fixing during the 2023-24 Bim10 League tournament held in Barbados

Rathod faces three charges under the Cricket West Indies Code. Both Searles and Griffith face more serious allegations, each charged with four breaches of the CWI Code. Griffith has also been hit with a separate charge under the ICC Code.

All three individuals have been jointly charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice. They are accused of Match-Fixing (Article 2.1.1), which is fixing or attempting to influence the result, progress, or conduct of matches during the Bim10 tournament.

They were also hit with charges of facilitating corruption (Article 2.1.4), which involves soliciting, instructing, or encouraging players and support personnel to commit offences under the CWI Code.

The other charge entails obstruction (Article 2.4.4), which is failing or refusing to co-operate with a reasonable investigation carried out by the Anti-Corruption officials.

In a further blow to the tournament’s integrity, Searles and Griffith have also been specifically charged with non-reporting (Article 2.4.2). That includes failure to disclose to Cricket West Indies details of any approaches or invitations to engage in corrupt conduct.

Griffith’s situation is further complicated by an additional charge under the ICC Code (Article 2.4.7) for allegedly obstructing the investigation by concealing or tampering with information that may have been relevant to the probe.

All three have been given 14 days from March 11, 2026, to respond to the charges.

This development comes hot on the heels of charges being brought against USA player Aaron Jones, who was cited for five breaches of the CWI and ICC Anti-Corruption Codes.

Searles has represented West Indies at under-19 level and played for Trinbago Knight Riders in the CPL from 2014 to 2019. He also featured in the IPL for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2018.