After pressure, Corinthians submits some documents to prosecutors | OneFootball

On Wednesday night (25), Corinthians partially submitted documents related to the 2018 to 2025 period, as requested by the São Paulo Public Prosecutor’s Office. The official request, issued on Tuesday (24) by prosecutor Cássio Roberto Conserino, who is in charge of the criminal investigation into irregularities in the club’s most recent administrations, requested the information for analysis.

Central do Timão confirmed the information initially reported by journalist Marco Bello and details below the documents already submitted and those the club still has yet to send to the São Paulo Public Prosecutor’s Office.

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Corinthians’ IT Department submitted to the Public Prosecutor’s Office all files available on the club’s servers in backup format, including invoices, contracts, and other documents related to the 2018 to 2025 period. Only the 2021 documents remain, as their volume requires more time for extraction, but they are expected to be sent later this week, within the 48-hour deadline granted by the prosecutor.

The submitted documents will be used in investigations into the administrations of Andrés Sanchez, Duilio Monteiro Alves, and Augusto Melo, with a focus on expenses incurred through corporate cards and invoices issued during the period.

Board meeting minutes have still not been submitted

The minutes of the latest meeting of Corinthians’ Deliberative Council (CD), called by president Osmar Stabile to vote on the removal of the body’s president, Romeu Tuma Jr., last Monday (23), have still not been submitted to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which set a total deadline of 72 hours for sending this documentation, that is, by Friday (27). It is worth noting that the council’s meetings are recorded and later transcribed and approved at the following session.

Despite the approval of the removal by the council members present at the meeting, considered irregular by the CD presidency, Romeu Tuma Jr. remains in office until a court decision validates the resolution, a position also reiterated by Council vice president Leonardo Pantaleão, the body’s 1st secretary Maria Angela Ocampos, who presided over the session, and the Justice Commission.

Ernst & Young report

Another document still pending is the EY report, prepared during Augusto Melo’s administration. According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, its contents may be related to criminal investigations into the financial spending of the administrations of former presidents Andrés Sanchez, Duilio Monteiro Alves, and Augusto Melo, as well as possible tax implications.

The prosecutor set a total deadline of five days for submission of the document. Therefore, the club has until this Sunday (29) to deliver the audit report, which also includes the minutes of the meeting in which the release clause allowing the investigation of relatives of former club presidents was discussed.

In October last year, already under Osmar Stabile’s administration, the club confirmed that it had received the EY report, but did not disclose its contents, alleging confidentiality clauses. The São Paulo Public Prosecutor’s Office pointed out that Corinthians itself is listed as a victim in the investigations, so there is no justification for the club not to forward the full report, along with all documents that supported the audit.

According to reporting by Central do Timão, the EY audit documents are not stored in the IT Department, but are under the responsibility of another sector of the club, not officially disclosed to the press. At the meeting in which the report was presented, all departments were represented by a person in charge, except for the technology department.

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