A sports court in Brazil allowed the expulsion in the courts for his life behind the wheel Marcus Vinicius Alves ‘Romário’, the first Brazilian soccer players tried to participate in a network that fixed matches to favor a betting mafia.
The sentence was handed down this Monday by the First Disciplinary Commission of the Superior Court of Sports Justice (STJD), which also sentenced the former soccer player and former Vila Nova club player to pay a fine of 25,000 reais (about $5,000).
In the same trial, the court sentenced midfielder Gabriel Domingos, another of the match-fixing accused and a former Vila Nova player, to a 720-day suspension from the courts and to pay a fine of 15,000 reais ($3,000 ) .). The decision in the first instance can still be appealed to the full court of two authorized.
Magistrates concluded that two Vila Nova players accepted bribes in exchange for forcing yellow or red cards, committing penalties or harming their teams to favor the sports betting mafia.
Romário, 21, was found guilty of violating article 242 of the Brazilian Code of Sports Justice, which prohibits soccer players from “giving or promising any undue advantage to any athlete in order to influence the outcome of a match or the worth it.” His partner, on the other hand, was sentenced for violating article 243, which prohibits “deliberately acting in a manner detrimental to the defending team.”
While Romário was sentenced for offering a bribe to his colleagues, that is, for actively participating in the criminal network as an inducer, Domingos was sentenced for accepting one of those proposals.
The court’s decision met the expectations of the president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Ednaldo Rodrigues, who defended that the players whose involvement in cheating was “proven” were expelled forever from the discipline.
Cheats on at least 13 games
Romário and Domingos are the first footballers to be tried in Brazil for results manipulation network uncovered in recent months and suspected of cheating in at least 13 football matches played since last year, including 8 in the first division league. .
The Goiás state prosecutor’s office has already filed charges against 16 people, including 7 soccer players, suspected of collecting bribes of up to $20,000 in exchange for irregularities. However, documents leaked by the press indicate that there are fifty players mentioned in the investigations.
Source: La Verdad
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