The São Paulo Civil Police carried out an operation this Wednesday morning (21) against a scheme to illegally sell boxes at Morumbis, the São Paulo Futebol Clube stadium.
The 3rd DPPC (Department of the Investigations Division into Crimes against the Administration) carries out four search and seizure warrants against three people being investigated, according to the SSP (Secretariat of Public Security).
The targets are people linked to the club’s top management, but their names were not disclosed.
A Sheet He contacted São Paulo’s press office this morning, but there was no response until the publication of this text.
The São Paulo Deliberative Council approved on Friday (16) the removal of Julio Casares from the club’s presidency. In the impeachment vote, 188 councilors voted against his remaining in office. There were 45 votes to reject the request and two blank votes.
Casares’ fall is a consequence of the meltdown of his political capital, caused by a series of scandals that shook the administration. Vice-president Harry Massis Junior, 80, assumes the role on an interim basis.
The dismissal request, filed on December 23, is based on suspicion of irregular use of Morumbis boxes during shows.
In December, the website ge.com released audios that would indicate an alleged scheme of clandestine ticket sales from a box reserved for the president on days of musical events at the stadium.
After the material was released, Mara Casares, then women’s, cultural and events director and ex-wife of the president, and Douglas Schwartzmann, deputy director of grassroots football, stepped down from their positions.
In recent weeks, while the box case was gaining repercussion, the Civil Police already had an open investigation, with different investigation fronts: one on alleged irregularities in the football department and another related to the bank accounts of São Paulo Futebol Clube and Julio Casares.
The Civil Police investigates, for example, the receipt of R$1.5 million in cash deposits into the leader’s personal accounts. Another line of investigation tries to clarify the making of 35 withdrawals from the club’s accounts between 2021 and 2025, totaling R$11 million.
Lawyers Daniel Bialski and Bruno Borragine, who represent Casares, stated that the financial movements highlighted in the Coaf report “have a lawful and legitimate origin, compatible with the evolution of the financial capacity” of the director.
According to the defense, before assuming the presidency of São Paulo, Casares held senior management positions in the private sector, with high pay. The origin of the resources, say the lawyers, will be clarified throughout the investigations, with the presentation of documents and tax declarations.
