The soccer player Marcos Vinícius Alves Barreira, known as Romário, is due to attend, this Tuesday (20), the session of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) of Sports Betting in the Chamber of Deputies.
The athlete was discovered in the first stage of the Maximum Penalty operation, conducted by the Public Ministry of Goiás (MP-GO) and is suspected of participating in fraud.
The player’s testimony is scheduled for 2:30 pm, and will be the first of an athlete investigated for involvement in manipulation schemes at the CPI.
Romário, banned from football by decision of the Superior Court of Sports Justice (STJD) at the end of May, was playing for Vila Nova (GO) when he was enticed by punters.
The agreement provided for the player to commit a penalty during the first half of the match against Sport, valid for the last round of the second division of the 2022 Brazilian Series B Championship.
Marcos Vinícius, however, was not included in the match against the Pernambucano team, and tried to convince teammates to comply with their part of the agreement. The penalty, however, was not committed.
In addition to being banned from the sport, Romário was also ordered to pay R$25,000. In a statement to the Public Ministry of Goiás, he said that he received death threats from the leaders of the gang.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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