Benfica SAD, in addition to Rui Costa, Domingos Soares Oliveira, Luís Filipe Vieira, José Eduardo Moniz and Nuno Gaioso Ribeiro, all administrators, or former administrators, of the Benfica society, have been made defendants this week, it was realized in DN. But they have no idea precisely what this course of is, which, by all indications, might be a formality associated to the intervals of limitation, particularly since nobody has been subjected to any interrogation.
What is at stake, supposedly, is a course of during which crimes arising from pirated Benfica emails are investigated and during which different processes, reminiscent of Voucher and Mala Ciao, are concerned. The objective appears to be particular to keep away from doable prescriptions, as a result of many of those investigations have been happening for a number of years, a few of them began in 2012.
As DN is aware of, a few of the directors went to PJ, in Lisbon, this week, however weren’t subjected to interrogation or knowledgeable of concrete info. The SAD is constituted as the defendant, however the focused leaders are solely confronted with generic data, in what seems to be a necessary formal step, to meet the timetable, that’s, a results of the structure of the SAD as accused with the goal of the trigger. not prescribed.
DN has realized that Benfica SAD and its representatives have no idea precisely what this course of is, as a result of all the requests for clarification they made have been refused by the Public Ministry, which claimed that secret of justice. This is a course of that was investigated in Lisbon and which, by superior order, was transferred to Porto. Something the eagles solely not too long ago discovered.
Benfica’s SAD attorneys, Rui Patrício, João Medeiros and Paulo Saragoça da Matta, have been knowledgeable of this course of near Christmas, however on account of the festive season, the steps have been postponed for a couple of days, so this week a few of the directors have moved to PJ. Contacted by DN, Clube da Luz representatives refused to touch upon this course of.
Processes at a decisive stage
This resolution, in the structure of arguida benfiquista SAD, coincides with the return of the First League, after an extended break on account of the internet hosting of the World Cup in Qatar, and at a time when Benfica is main the championship. And additionally in the final stage of the trial in the case of emails – the Public Prosecutor’s Office accused the director of communication of Porto Francisco J. Marques, the director of Porto Canal Júlio Magalhães, and Diogo Faria, commentator, of the violation of letters and improper entry , to disclose the contents of Benfica’s emails.
The judgment in the case of E-toupeira may also come quickly, during which Benfica SAD, in a courtroom order, is exempted from any accountability, and which includes the former authorized advisor Paulo Gonçalves and two officers of courtroom, which is alleged to offer data on inquiries in alternate for membership tickets, invites and gross sales.
Also throughout this month of January, the final allegations in the Football Leaks course of, which included Rui Pinto – on Wednesday, the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) requested the hacker to be sentenced to a jail sentence, for 89 of 90 crimes he faces. accused defendant in the course of, from improper entry to breach of correspondence, together with illegitimate entry and pc sabotage. The closing arguments, nonetheless, have been suspended yesterday on account of a request by Aníbal Pinto’s lawyer.
The resolution of the investigation section of the Saco Azul case, which started in 2017 and was successively posted by the Public Ministry (MP), may also come quickly. The final deadline of the MP factors to a choice on this month of January, in a case during which the attorneys of Benfica SAD have already requested for the archiving of the course of with the defendants Domingos Soares Oliveira and Luís Filipe Vieira, as authorized representatives of SAD.
In the case of the Blue Sack, which allegedly serves the favor of third events, specifically soccer referees, as reported by DN in September of final yr, Benfica SAD’s attorneys argued that the PJ’s report offered “an good story” that ” regardless of a diligent, full and prolonged investigation of the info, nothing extra was discovered and nothing else was charged than an (alleged) tax fraud”.
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