He America The Brazilian announced on Monday the termination of the footballer’s contract Nino Paraiba, one of the players cited in the investigations into the match-fixing scandal organized by a sports betting mafia. The club from the city of Belo Horizonte reported in a statement that it terminated the right-back’s contract at the request of the player himself, “who asked for resignation.”
Nino Paraíba is one of nearly 50 players summoned in the investigation opened by the Goiás State Police, which is investigating fraud committed in at least 13 matches in the first division and lower tournaments.
América is the second team to terminate the contracts of players mentioned in the investigation, after Athletico Paranense dismissed Ecuadorian Bryan García and Pedrinho last week. So far, Brazilian Justice has accepted the complaint filed by the Prosecutor’s Office against 16 who are being investigated for rigging the results, including seven soccer players.
The players who will sit in the dock are: Eduardo Bauermann (Santos), Igor Cariús (Sport), Victor Ramos (Chapecoense), Paulo Miranda (Náutico), Fernando Neto (Sao Bernardo), Matheus Gomes (Sergipe) and Gabriel Tota ( Ypiranga ).
Brazilian authorities identified the manipulation of the results of at least 13 soccer matches, of which eight were from the first division of the 2022 Brazilian Championship and one from the second.
According to the investigation, the footballers promised to commit penalties and fouls in order to receive yellow and red cards with the aim of favoring an alleged criminal organization dedicated to sports betting on digital platforms. The gang manages to recruit professional soccer players for, in exchange for a consideration, between 10,000 and 20,000 dollars.
Source: La Verdad
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