Flamengo striker Bruno Henrique was reported on Wednesday (11) by MP-DF (Federal District Public Prosecutor) for crimes of estelionato and sports fraud. Other eight people were also reported, among them, the player’s brother Wander Nunes Pinto Júnior.
In April, the athlete had been indicted by the Federal Police for the same crimes. According to the PF investigation, he would have shared early information about receiving a yellow card in a 2023 Brazilian Championship match to benefit a sports betting scheme.
“The accused Bruno Henrique Pinto ran in any way for all three estelionato crimes described in this series, since, as already asserted, Wander provided the privileged information about his punishment in advance, which was the needl necessary for the trial-an advantage of the advantage of the detriment of the online bets, knowing that the information would be used that the information would be used that the information would be used For that specific purpose, “says the MP-DF complaint.
If convicted, maximum penalties can reach up to 17 years and eight months in prison. The MP-DF also asked Bruno Henrique to pay $ 2 million for collective moral damages. The same amount was requested in bail, to ensure that it attend all stages of the process.
It will now be up to the Federal Court to decide whether to accept the complaint against the Flamengo athlete and makes him defendant.
When he was indicted in April, Bruno Henrique’s defense said the athlete “was never involved in a betting scheme.”
“The distortions that are being caused by the improper interpretation and dissemination of private messages, out of context, will be clarified in the course of the process. The athlete trusts that the judiciary will timely correct the injustice being committed,” said another excerpt from the note released by the attacker’s lawyers.
Sought on Wednesday, the player’s advisory did not speak until the publication of this text.
