Agents of the Judicial Police (PJ) of Portugal The offices of the football stadiums of the Porto Y Portimonense to locate evidence of alleged sports corruption, as reported by various Portuguese media.
In the spotlight, according to the Portuguese television channel TVI, several businesses about players who passed through one of the two Portuguese clubs, such as Danilo Pereira, Paulinho, Galeno, Fede Varela, Rafa Soares or Everton.
The sporting confrontations between Porto and Portimonense, in matches corresponding to the Portuguese competitions, would also be in the focus of the investigation.
In addition to suspicions of corruption, other alleged crimes such as tax fraud or money laundering are also investigated.
In the spotlight, according to TVI, the Brazilian businessman and main shareholder of Portimonense Teodoro Fonseca and the businesses he may have had with FC Porto through its president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, according to the Portuguese magazine “Sábado”, which is based on documents released through Football Leaks.
The Portuguese weekly “Expresso” recalls that the relationship between Teodoro Fonseca and Porto began in 2008, as he was the intermediary for the transfer of the Brazilian forward Hulk.
In addition, Fonseca has also made loans of different amounts to Porto in the last decade through the companies it controls.