The president of Boavista FC, Vítor Murta.
Authorities suspect that a scheme will have injured the club by more than 150 million euros, with 10 million to go directly to the former president.
The Judicial Police and the Department of Research and Criminal Action (DIAP) of Porto held this Tuesday 10 home and non -home searches In the context of an investigation involving former Boavista president, Vítor Murta.
At issue is an alleged fraudulent scheme that will have left the SAD with a Financial hole of 156 million eurosof which, according to the authorities, at least 10 million will have been diverted by the former leader.
Searches took place from the early hours of the day and included the Bessa Stadium, where the PJ had to break into the main door. They were seized documents, computer supplies and mobile phonesincluding Vitor Murta. In all, six defendants were constituted, including the former president, an accountant and two former SAD Boavisteira administrators.
The investigation focuses on operations carried out between 2023 and the end of 2024. The inquiry began after alerts of bank entities that detected suspicious international transfers, accompanied by cash deposits whose origin and destination remain to clarify, the.
Authorities believe that a Complex financial schemeusing cross -loan contracts with clauses that allowed to require the payment of debts in case of non -compliance with similar contracts.
Investigation crimes are tax fraud, credits frustration and capital bleaching.
In a statement, Boavista SAD confirmed the suspicions and declared injured in the process: “The search and the collection of documentary evidence result from the verification of suspicious bank movements in the seasons in question, having been identified numerous transfers of large amounts. Substitutes are signed that bolder bank accounts may be used for the concealment of financial flows, as well as for payments and receipts on behalf of Boavista SAD ”.
In addition to SAD’s stadium and headquarters, the PJ searched the Office of Lawyers associated with Vitor Murta and a company of official accounts. Boavista Club himself was also constituted defendant in the process.
Victor Murta left the presidency of Boavista Earlier this year, after several months of criticism of financial management. If the suspicions are confirmed, it could become one of the largest financial scandals of Portuguese football.
