SAO PAULO – Brazilian state prosecutors charged 16 people, including seven professional football players, with alleged match-fixing and illegal betting on Wednesday (May 10). It threatens to be one of the largest scandals since the country legalised sports gambling in 2018. Brazil Justice Minister Flavio Dino has ordered the federal police to launch an investigation into the scheme, after the...
SAO PAULO – Brazilian state prosecutors charged 16 people, including seven professional football players, with alleged match-fixing and illegal betting on Wednesday .Brazil Justice Minister Flavio Dino has ordered the federal police to launch an investigation into the scheme, after the charging documents were published on Wednesday.
The group would offer up to 500,000 reais as an upfront payment to the players from clubs such as Santos, Juventude, Cuiaba, Cruzeiro, Athletico Paranaense, Internacional and Fluminense, the prosecutors alleged. Gabriel Tota, Paulo Miranda, Igor Carius, Victor Ramos, Fernando Neto and Matheus Gomes are among the other players charged, according to the documents.
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