Fam143 disqualified from Americas Minor qualifier over VAC banned account

Fam143 have been disqualified from the closed qualifier for the Americas Minor after it was discovered that one of their players had a VAC-banned account to his name.

FACEIT did not disclose who the player in question is, mentioning only that he had a "secondary VAC-banned account", which he "failed to report before a set time."

Fam143 had earned a spot in the closed qualifier after finishing top two in the third open qualifier following a victory over The Entourage in the semi-final stage.

The Entourage will replace Fam143 in the qualifier

According to Dust2.us, David "⁠Xp3⁠" Garrido's side will be taking Fam143's spot in the closed qualifier, which will kick off in just a few hours.

Fam143's disqualification is the second VAC-related incident to affect the final qualifying stages for the Minor. Last month, Fierce Tiger were disqualified from the Chinese qualifier for the Asia Minor after fielding a player connected to a VAC-banned account.

The full team list for the closed qualifier for the Americas Minor is the following:

Invited:
NRG
Rogue
eUnited
Ghost
Complexity
boxr
Luminosity
TeamOne Qualified:
Swole Patrol
Bravado
Mythic
Dignitas
Armada
The Entourage
The Pioneers
Freedom 35 Bravado #67 Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliRuan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAran 'Sonic' GroesbeekRhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongJohnny 'JT' Theodosiou The Pioneers #97 Michael 'MAiNLiNE' JaberConnor 'CONNOR93' GloverCollin 'wrath' McSweeganChad 'Oderus' Miller Luminosity #50 Lucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesGabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoGustavo 'yel' Knittel TeamOne #45 Pedro 'Maluk3' CamposJean-Michel 'mch' D'OliveiraNicolas 'NikoM' MiozziVictor 'iDk' TorracaAlencar 'trk' Rossato Fierce Tiger Kun 'LEo' Hou Freedom 35 #60 Sam '4sh0t' MarianoDavid 'Toy' HanVictor 'food' WongJonathan 'Jonji' CareyTyson 'TenZ' Ngo Swole Patrol #47 Ryan 'freakazoid' AbadirSamuel 'SileNt' PortilloDerrick 'LILMAN' BoyneJordan 'Zellsis' MontemurroAustin 'Cooper' Abadir boxr #55 Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenStephen 'reltuC' CutlerDavid 'DAVEY' StaffordTaylor 'Drone' Johnson Mythic #79 Eric 'adreN' HoagTodd 'anger' WilliamsJames 'hazed' CobbErik 'fl0m' FlomAdam 'Polen' Polen Rogue #28 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinCasper 'cadiaN' MøllerRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandHunter 'SicK' MimsDaniel 'vice' Kim eUnited #30 Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverWill 'dazzLe' LoafmanMichael 'dapr' GulinoKaleb 'moose' JayneBrandon 'Ace' Winn Complexity #36 Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanRory 'dephh' JacksonPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzJaccob 'yay' WhiteakerBradley 'ANDROID' Fodor Armada #107 Addison 'zecK' GorzeckBen 'ky0' EdwardsJohn 'Jm0' WilliamsTucker 'Tucker' WatsonGarrett 'Bunny' Molle David 'Xp3' Garrido Age: 30 Team: The Entourage Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 468 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.69 Ghost #63 James 'JamezIRL' MacaulayKenneth 'koosta' SuenMatt 'Pollo' WilsonYassine 'Subroza' TaoufikMatthew 'WARDELL' Yu Dignitas #66 Peter 'ptr' GurneyRonnie 'ryx' BylickiMitch 'mitch' SemagoMichael 'Grim' WinceGage 'Infinite' Green Fam143 #105 Justin 'NEX' McLellanWilliam 'LaffyTs' RobertinJakeb 'Siberia' BibbCaleb 'jchancE' DavisBranden 'Anzoh' Anzovino NRG #7 Damian 'daps' SteeleJacob 'FugLy' MedinaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov The Entourage #103 David 'Xp3' GarridoAlex 'aproto' ProtopapasDylan 'RIKO' Sabin-ArnceAustin 'crashies' RobertsIan 'tex' Botsch