The court authorizes the violation of banking and tax secrecy by the suspects and the investigation reveals illegal origins and transfers to third parties to conceal the origin of payments to players
GOIÂNIA – The indications of money laundering offenses and the use of fake “orange” accounts will be tried in a process parallel to the one already underway in Justice on the investigation into the scheme of betting on Brazilian soccer matches last year. The information has been verified by Stadium In all, 25 people have already been charged this Monday for involvement in the fraudulent scheme. Other complaints will be offered to justice.
The MP’s inquiry had already found evidence of money laundering in payments to athletes receiving transfers to place pre-determined bids in official matches and allow illicit profits to an alleged gang operating on websites. The discovery links the scandal to a type of crime not yet disclosed by the Goiás Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP-GO). The first two complaints proposed to the Justice were limited to the crimes of promoting a criminal organization and against the Fan Statute.
With the authorization of the Court, the banking and tax secrecy of the suspects were broken, so much so that the investigators have already found payments to lured footballers made through “oranges” and also companies, in theory, without direct relations with the athletes . Among the suspects are a cell phone shop and an import car dealership.
as the Stadium had shown, a dialogue between two of the main organizers of the scheme, Thiago Chambó tells Bruno Lopez that the sharing of addresses and telephone numbers should be avoided. Personal bank accounts should also not appear in transactions. “In the next few days, don’t even transfer your wife or your CNPJ to anyone, understand? Get orange bills sent to you,” Chambó said, via WhatsApp.
The detail of the alleged money laundering could exacerbate future sanctions and broaden the links of the members of the four nuclei (bettors, financiers, intermediaries and administrators) of the scheme mapped by the deputy, who works with the possibility of having an investor above the names indicated in the investigations of the Phases 1 and 2 of Operation Maximum Penalty.
For the sources having access to the process, the crime of money laundering takes the form of several cases investigated because “the origin of the money was illegal” and “the payments were made to third parties”.
According to the allegations, a group led by businessman and player Bruno Lopez de Moura paid football players from clubs in the A and B series of the 2022 Brazilian championship and state competitions to perform certain actions during matches, such as taking cards Detective stories.
In parallel, industry sites are betting that these offers would occur during the games. Profits were obtained with the plays on the field made. In just one round, the group “invested” BRL 8,430.00 and totaled gains of BRL 730,616.00. The more unlikely the event listing of a bet, the higher the profit can be on the sites.
Source: Terra
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