Yun Ki Lee is suspected of improper omission and, if the complaint is accepted, will respond according to theft and money laundering crimes
The Civil Police concluded on Monday (23), the inquiry of the case and indicted Yun Ki Lee, former legal director of and head of the department at the time when the club signed a contract with the former sponsor. Now the case is in the hands of the prosecutor. In addition to Lee, the Civil Police had already indicted the departure president, former marketing superintendent Sergio Moura, former administrative director Marcelo Mariano and the businessman, whose company would have received R $ 1.4 million for allegedly brokering the business with the bet. The trio responds for criminal association, theft qualified by the abuse of trust and money laundering. Lee has been indicted for improper omission and will respond according to the theft and money laundering crimes.
The report contacted the leader, but got no response. The matter will be updated in case of manifestation. Yun Ki Lee was one of the leaders who resigned shortly after the case goes to Bet to light. In January 2024, Corinthians announced a sponsorship agreement with the brand of R $ 360 million. The Bet House has rescinded unilaterally in June after the information that the social network, the intermediary cited in the contract, has passed part of the commission to a façade company.
After nearly a year of investigations, police concluded that the social network, pointed out as an intermediary of the sponsorship agreement, used a ghost company to make R $ 1,074,150.00 reach the bank account of UJ Football Talent Intermediação, a company pointed out as arm of the capital’s first command (CCP)
For the authorities, Lee had an obligation to prevent the case from prospering, but did not send the contract to the Corinthians compliance sector. Thus, he assumed the responsibility of analyzing the document and did not indicate any irregularity. One of the reasons that should have caught the attention of the former legal director, according to the authorities, is the fact that the Media Social Ltda Network. Do not have a registration in the National Classification of Economic Activities (CNAE), a system that identifies economic activities of companies in the country.
Prosecutor Juliano ATOJI accompanied the Civil Police hearing since the principle of investigation. If a complaint is offered, Yun Ki Lee, Augusto Melo, Marcelo Mariano, Sérgio Moura and Alex Cassundé will become defendants. If they are convicted after hearings, they can still resort to higher spheres, such as the Federal Supreme Court ().
Understand the case goes from Bet
First contract of management Augusto Melo, the agreement of R $ 360 million Vai de Bet with Corinthians, unilaterally terminated by the betting house in June 2024, provided for the payment of 7% of the net amount of each installment to the intermediary Rede Media Social Ltda. That is, R $ 700 thousand per month over three years, resulting in R $ 25.2 million at the end of the contract. Cited in the contract as an intermediary of the business, Rede Media Social Ltda. There are CNPJ in the name of Alex Cassundé, former member of President Augusto Melo’s communication team.
The termination by Bet’s Vai Vai occurred after coming to light on part of the Commission by Network Media Social Ltda to Neoway Integrated Solutions in Services Ltda, alleged company “Orange” whose CNPJ is in the name of Edna Oliveira dos Santos, a woman of humble origin of Peruíbe, on the São Paulo coast. The Civil Police, through the Department of Citizenship Protection Police (DPPC), concluded that Social Media Ltda used a ghost company to make R $ 1 million reach the bank account of UJ Football Talent Intermediação, a company pointed out as the CCP arm. The club denies having a contract with the company.
To the police, Cassundé stated that his connection with the club was through Marcelo Mariano and former marketing superintendent Sérgio Moura, who left the club last year. The owner of the Media Social Network denied actually acting as an intermediary of the agreement, although the name of his company was in the contract.
In turn, Augusto Melo’s defense reiterates the conviction that the president of Corinthians “has no involvement with any irregularities related to the case” and that the only role he played by was “receiving the proposal, sent to the competent departments and signed the contract with the approval of all sectors involved.”
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Fernando Dias
