The Brazilian Justice sentenced Vitorio Piffero, former president of the International Porto Alegre, to ten and a half years in prison for having diverted million-dollar resources from the club's coffers between 2015 and 2016, the Prosecutor's Office reported this Tuesday.
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The former Vice President of Finance was also sentenced to 19 years and eight months in prison. Pedro Affatato, for the crimes of fraud, money laundering and criminal organization, as indicated by the Public Ministry of Rio Grande do Sul in a note.
A court in Porto Alegre considered it proven that Piffero He was involved in “200 acts of fraud and criminal organization” in the 2015/16 biennium, when he was in charge of Inter, one of the most traditional teams in Brazil.
The sentence, which can be appealed, was issued on Monday and also sentenced a business representative, an engineer linked to the club and an accountant for their participation in the corrupt plot, to sentences of between six and nine years in prison.
⚠️ Vitorio Piffero, former president of the International (between 2015 and 2016), and Pedro Affatato, his directorial colleague, were sentenced to prison for irregularities involving the gaúcho club.
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The five convicts, who can appeal in freedom and who were also ordered to pay a fine, were denounced for having diverted “more than 13 million reais” (2.6 million dollars/2.4 million euros) of the accounts of the gaucho entity.
The prosecutor of the case, Flavio Duarte, He stated in the note that the sentence will serve as a “paradigm, at the national level, for similar situations of fraud and deviations related to sports activities.”
El Internacional confirmed in a statement that “it was aware of the publication of the sentence condemning those involved, as well as the payment of compensation for the damage caused.” He indicated that, since this is a case that is being processed under summary secrecy, he will wait for “the next developments of the ruling,” which can be appealed by the parties.
8. International Porto Alegre / Brazil 201.1 million dollars. Porto Alegre is a Brazilian city with 1.5 million inhabitants. Are they many or few? Enough to have two teams among the first 11 most valuable sites on the continent: Gremio, in the top 5 of this list, and Internacional, which this year intends to bill 93 million dollars, with the television contract being the one that generates the most. money will produce: 26.4 million dollars.
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However, he stressed that the two former leaders “are no longer part of the membership, nor of the Deliberative Council” of the club and that “all possible administrative measures” were imposed on both of them at the time.
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With information from EFE.
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