The Federal Police indicted Flamengo striker Bruno Henrique on suspicion of fraud in sports competition. The receipt of a card to benefit gamblers is at the target of the investigators.
In November 2024, the athlete was one of the targets of an operation of PF and Gaeco (Special Action Group to combat organized crime), the Federal District Prosecutor’s Office, related to bets on a card of the player who would have been made by relatives of the athlete.
The indictment was reported by Metropolis on Tuesday (15) and confirmed by the Sheet.
According to Metrópoles, the PF located messages on the cell phone of Wander Nunes Pinto Junior, brother of Bruno Henrique, indicating that the athlete anticipated that he would receive a yellow card during a match.
In addition to the Flamengo player, Brother Wander and eight others were indicted. In the group is the wife of her brother, Ludymilla Araujo Lima, and a cousin of the athlete, named Poliana Ester Nunes Cardoso. The three would have made card -related bets, in a game against Santos for the 2023 Brazilian Championship.
Asked, Bruno Henrique’s staff said he will not speak. THE Sheet He could not contact his family members, also indicted.
The Federal Police said they will not comment on the case.
In a statement, Flamengo stated that it was not officially communicated. “The club is committed to compliance with the rules of sports fair play, but also defends the application of the constitutional principle of presumption of innocence and due process of law, with emphasis on contradictory and broad defense, values that support the democratic rule of law,” says the text.
In the operation carried out in November, Federal Police and Gaeco agents went to the Nest of Urubu, the Flamengo Training Center, in the West Zone of Rio, to fulfill search and seizure warrants. It was also the player’s house, who delivered electronic devices to the agents.
In that stage of the investigation, Bruno Henrique was investigated by a yellow card he received in the 50 minutes of the second half of the match between Flamengo and Santos, for the 2023 Brazilian Championship, held in Brasilia.
Possible manipulation in the game against Santos was determined from an IBIA (International Betting Integrity Association) and Sportradar (IBIA report, which do risk market risk analysis. The suspicion was taken to CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) and the Ministry of Finance.
