Police in Rio de Janeiro have declared Ray Whelan, the English director of FIFA's ticket and hospitality partners MATCH, to be 'a fugitive' after they attempted to re-arrest him as part of an investigation into ticket touting. Officers arrived at the Copacabana Palace hotel with an arrest warrant, but Whelan was not there and police said they had CCTV footage of him leaving through a service door. MATCH has stuck by Whelan and insisted he has played no part in any wrongdoing. 'Fugitive': Ray Whelan, the director of MATCH services, is said to have fled through the service entrance of the lavish Copacabana Palace an hour before Brazilian police were set to re-arrest him
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Ray Whelan left the Copacabana Palace before he was set to be re-arrested
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Police say they have CCTV of him walking through the service entrance
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Executive of MATCH is embroiled in a World Cup ticket touting investigation
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Has been described as the 'facilitator' who sold tickets at inflated prices
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Was arrested on Monday and questioned for nine hours before his release
of probe: @placeholder police have described Whelan, pictured being taken