The Brazilian justice accepted a complaint by the Prosecutor’s Office and opened a trial against the striker of the Flamengo Bruno Henriqueaccused of manipulating the result of a game of the Brazilian championship of 2023 to benefit traigators, local media reported. The player will criminally respond for the crimes of manipulation of sports results, consummate scam in co -authorship and tentative of co -authorship (twice).
Added sentences can reach up to 17 years in prison. In his decision, Judge Fernando Brandini Barbagalo, of the Brasilia Court of Justice, ruled out to include the crime of Estelionato between the charges against the Flamengo player, considering that the evidence delivered by the Prosecutor’s Office were not enough to support this accusation. He also denied the precautionary measures proposed by prosecutors, including a fine for two million reais (about 363,636 or 307,692 euros).
According to the accusation, Bruno Henrique shared privileged information with his brother about his intention to receive a yellow card in a match of November 1, 2023 In which Flamengo was measured by Santos for the Brazilian championship. The information allowed relatives and relatives of the player to bet on online platforms.
The Prosecutor’s Office alleges that the player acted deliberately, incurring the crimes of sports fraud and fraud against betting houses, whose sentences can add up to 17 years and eight months in prison. The complaint is based on intercepted messages between the player and his brother in which the moment of the infraction is agreed.
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The investigation, initiated after alerts of betting houses on atypical movements, led to the Federal Police to seize devices already analyze 3,989 WhatsApp conversations, some of which eliminated. The striker defends his innocence and the club has also wrapped it and maintained in the team.
