Dr. Padilla graduated from the Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine - Lubbock in 1994. He works in Denver, CO and specializes in Internal Medicine. Dr. Padilla is affiliated with Denver Health Medical Center.
Salvadoran newspaper La Prensa Grafica named the businessman as Ricardo Padilla and quoted him as saying he thought there was nothing wrong with the offer as he was not asking the players to throw the game.