The investigation of the case involving Vaidebet and Corinthians tracked the path of contract resources and discovered a list of club leaders and organized crime.
With the breach of bank secrecy, the money laundering police station revealed accounts in which R $ 1.4 million reais circulated in committee for sponsorship.
This money came to an account reported to the Public Prosecution Service by businessman Antonio Vinicius Lopes Gritzbach, CCP whistleblower, killed on November 8, 2024, at Guarulhos International Airport.
The tendency is for the investigation that investigates the case instituted by the Civil Police will end in May.
Path
The investigation also points out that this diverted money was transferred to the account of the social network Media Design, a company of Alex Cassundé. The amount would have been diverted in two shipments of $ 700,000 in March 2024. The information was initially released by SBT and confirmed by CNN .
After that, Cassundé’s company made two replies to Neoway Soluções Integrated, a company that has as partner Edna Oliveira dos Santos, a woman who lives in Peruíbe, on the coast of São Paulo, and said, in an interview with UOL, to be unaware of the case. The values were R $ 580 thousand and R $ 462 thousand.
Still in March last year, Neoway transferred about $ 1 million to Wave Technological Intermediações, which made three more transfers to UJ Football Talent Intermediação, at $ 870,000. The UJ was cited by Antonio Vinícius Lopes Gritzbach, in a denunciation made with prosecutors.
Gritzbach stated what the UJ he would be controlled informally put Danilo File, known like “Gut ”, pointed as integral of First Command from the Capital (PCC). He already there was has been investigated for the sequestration of Gritzbach in 2022.
Investigated
In addition to Alex Cassundé, linked to the company Social Media Design, members of the board of Augusto Melo are also investigated.
Augusto Melo, Marcelo Mariano and Sérgio Moura were heard by DPPC delegate Tiago Fernando Correia, and Juliano Carvalho ATOJI, prosecutor of Gaeco, in the second week of April.
Like the CNN He had access, the three testimonials of the last ears diverged among them, especially in the question of the presentation of Alex Cassundé, who is considered the intermediary of negotiation with the betting house.
None of the four heard by the Civil Police presented any evidence about their relationship to close the business between Corinthians and Vaidebet.
The possibility is that the crimes framed are money laundering and criminal association but this will still be defined by the Civil Police.
The club points out that it has no involvement with the financial transfers. “The police inquiry is under secret justice, so we will have no comment to add. Corinthians has no responsibility for any direction of money that is not in the club’s bank account,” says the note.
Understand the case
On January 7, 2024, Corinthians announced the biggest master sponsorship contract in Brazilian football with the three -year -old Betting home. Much celebrated at first, the deal was gaining details and caused a lot of headache to Corinthian fans.
Amid several controversies, on June 7, after five months, the sponsor decided to terminate the contract with the Parque São Jorge club because of the suspicion of an orange in the contract signed between the parties.
Orange?
The controversy came to light after publication by columnist Juca Kfouri, from the UOL portal. The report states that the company Social Network Media Design Ltda, which brokered the agreement between Vaidebet and Corinthians, passed part of the value of the commission (paid by the club) to another organization.
The other organization would be the Neoway Soluções Integrated in Services Ltda, a company that has as partner Edna Oliveira dos Santos, a woman who lives in Peruíbe, on the coast of São Paulo, and said, in an interview with UOL, unaware of the case.
Prior to termination, Vaidebet had already sent an extrajudicial notification about the alleged case of “orange” in the club’s agreement with the organization. In the document, the company says the accusations violated an anti -corruption clause in the contract. Corinthians sent a note responding to the allegations of the alleged “orange” in the agreement.
This content was originally published in Corinthians: Police identifies connection between managers and organized crime on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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