Rio police accuse Hickey of operating the ticket-scalping operation with Ireland’s official Olympic Games ticket reseller, Dublin-based PRO10 Sports Management.
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During the Games, police seized 781 tickets which they alleged were going to be sold on the black market.
Pat Hickey, an Irish member of the IOC’s executive board, remains in Brazil after he was among 10 people charged with ticket-touting offences and conspiracy at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 10: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said that it has not received any request from Brazilian police to interview its president Thomas Bach in relation to an Olympic ticketing racket.
However, the International Olympic Committee insisted they are ready to fully cooperate with Brazilian police, but say they have had no request for testimony from them.
It followed the discovery of emails from Mr Bach to Mr Hickey.
The IOC did not respond to an immediate request for comment.
Mr Hickey, who temporarily stood down as president of the organisation following his arrest on August 17, learned late on Friday that charges against him had been accepted by a judge in Rio.
It was a text from Mr Hickey sent in July of past year that has dragged Mr Bach into the controversy.
Bach cancelled his trip to the opening of the Paralympics in Rio on Wednesday.
He was arrested on August 17 in a dawn raid on his Rio hotel room.
But Rio police say it is “extremely unlikely” the 71-year-old would be permitted to return home while his case is before the courts, despite the potential lengthy wait for a trial.
Also charged with Mr Hickey and Mr Mallon are co-defendants Michael Glynn, Ken Murray, Eamonn Collins, Maarten Van Os, David Patrick Gilmore, Martin Studd, and Barbara Zancope Carnieri.
Police will ask for the two men, both of whom have already had their passports confiscated, to remain in Brazil indefinitely.
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Another Irish suspect was also arrested in the probe: Kevin Mallon, director of British hospitality firm THG.
