Luiz Henrique, investigated in Spain for an alleged crime of fixing

The nightmare continues Luiz Henrique. The former Betis player, who currently plays for Botafogo, was seen involved in an alleged sports betting crime next to Lucas PaquetáEnglish West Ham player. The events occurred in 2023, while the Brazilian continued to belong to the green and white entity. The investigation focused on an account created in the Betway betting house, which apparently belonged to people close to the West Ham player, and which bet the maximum amount allowed on two actions in which both footballers were involved. On the one hand, Paqueta I should have seen a yellow card during the match against Aston Villa in the 2022-23 season, while Luiz Henrique should also see yellow against Villarreal. Both players were reprimanded.. The Premier player received the yellow card in the 24th minute, while the former Betis player saw it for “ignoring” one of the referee’s instructions. Another piece of information that caught attention is the payment of 40,000 reais that a relative of the West Ham player made to Luiz Henrique a few days after the clash against Villarreal, according to UOL.

Although initially His current club assured that Luiz Henrique was not being investigatedthe journalist Demétrio Vecchioli has denied it. Through the Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao PauloVecchioli has exclusively revealed that The forward has an investigation open in Spain for his alleged connection with a “criminal organization dedicated to the manipulation of results in sports betting.” The referenced media assures that it was able to access this information thanks to a letter, dating from last week, which shows that the Spanish authorities received a report from the Public Ministry of Goiás, which opened the investigation last year. Operation Maximum Penalty. This letter includes the response that the Ministry of Justice has sent to the Public Ministry of Goiás, in which they explain the opening of a file against the former Betic striker.

Furthermore, this document for the first time links Luiz Henrique with the businessman Bruno López de Mourawhich is supposedly in charge of mediating between bettors and players. They receive payments for carrying out certain actions during the match, in this case, being warned with yellow cards. This medium points out that in the letter addressed to the team in charge of investigating organized crime, GAECO, the Ministry of Justice assures that the letter it received from the Goiás Public Ministry caused the investigation into both to increase.