City face darker clouds: Hacker plots to prove 115 FFP breaches

New information from the hacker responsible for the ‘Football Leaks’ controversy has cast a deeper shade on Manchester City’s reign as Premier League champions.

Rui Pinto has handed over five hard drives filled with millions of documents to French and German authorities. These documents, Pinto claims, contain information that could be of “criminal relevancy” against the club.

Manchester City, the reigning champions, face 115 charges related to financial fair play (FFP) regulations.

These charges encompass a range of alleged violations, including the failure to provide accurate details of player and manager payments, non-compliance with UEFA’s Financial Fair Play rules, breaches of the Premier League‘s FFP, and failure to cooperate with investigations. The club will face a hearing on these allegations later this year.

Pinto, a Portuguese national, has been under witness protection since 2020 after being found guilty of attempted extortion and unauthorized access to data.

Despite receiving a four-year suspended sentence from a Portuguese court last year, Pinto has continued his efforts to expose what he sees as wrongdoing in the football world. Speaking via video call at the OffShore-Alert Marbella Conference, Pinto detailed the extent of his revelations.

Whistleblower warns City of more trouble

“The Man City releases showed amounts of money being paid by the club that were not mentioned to the football authorities”, Pinto said. “These documents form part of the Premier League investigation into City. I have now handed five hard drives to French and German authorities with millions of documents; including more on City, and I have described what is on each. I am confident they will find criminal relevancy.”

“We have been approached by investigators to share information regarding Manchester City that has not been released before. We haven’t released the information yet. But we have a massive file of Manchester…

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Author : Martina Alcheva

Publish date : 2024-06-23 17:20:16

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