Kevin James Mallon refuses to answer police questions on ticket fraud scandal

The Irish ticketing executive at the heart of the Olympic touting investigation last night refused to answer questions from police in Brazil, according to the detective leading the probe.

Kevin James Mallon, 36, was quizzed for 40 minutes by detectives probing the €3m scandal that saw the arrest of Olympic Council of Ireland president Pat Hickey.

“As he [Mr Mallon] is already indicted, he has the constitutional right to remain silent,” said detective Ricardo Barboza de Souza. “He preferred to remain silent, but either way the questions were put to him.”