Probe: Fernando and Sandra Madureira made €2.5m from FC Porto tickets | OneFootball

An investigation into the “Golden Ticket” case indicates that Fernando and Sandra Madureira may have made 2.5 million euros between 2021 and 2024 through the sale of tickets for FC Porto home and away matches. The money was allegedly used to pay personal expenses, including trips and meals, and even costs linked to Canelas 2010.

At the center of the findings is Fernando Madureira, known as “Macaco” and the former leader of the Super Dragões, as well as his wife, Sandra Madureira. The investigation outlines a financial circuit based on tickets for the “blue and whites” and points to the use of those revenues for expenses that went beyond the scope of FC Porto matches.

The total amount attributed to the couple is the most striking figure in the investigation. At issue is an alleged ticket-selling scheme for matches played both at the Estádio do Dragão and away from home over a three-year period.

According to the findings of the “Golden Ticket” case, Fernando and Sandra Madureira are believed to have obtained 2.5 million euros through this scheme. Part of the money was allegedly channeled into travel, meals, and other personal expenses.

The picture described by the investigation suggests that the revenue from the tickets was used for purposes other than those that justified their allocation. This is also where Canelas 2010 comes into the picture.

In addition to personal expenses, the investigation concluded that the couple allegedly managed to have FC Porto cover costs related to Canelas 2010, a club in which Fernando Madureira is a shareholder. The payments in question are said to be related to transport.

Those expenses allegedly occurred, namely on matchdays for the Vila Nova de Gaia club, which competes in the Honor Division of the Porto Football Association. The link between those costs and FC Porto tickets thus broadens the financial scope of the investigation.

Messages exchanged between Fernando and Sandra Madureira are another element of the case. In those conversations, the former Super Dragões leader’s wife allegedly expressed dissatisfaction with the money spent on Canelas 2010.

According to the information gathered, Sandra Madureira complained about the money “invested” in the football club, arguing that it should have been used to pay day-to-day expenses.

The message exchanges help frame how the sums were managed and the tension surrounding the destination of the money. At the same time, they reinforce the presence of Canelas 2010 in an investigation centered on the revenue obtained from FC Porto tickets.

The origin of the sums had already been identified in Operation Pretoriano. That case detected the sale of tickets for FC Porto home and away matches, a mechanism that now reappears in the findings of “Golden Ticket.”

It was also within the scope of Operation Pretoriano that Fernando Madureira turned himself in, in July, to serve a prison sentence of one year and four months. The former Super Dragões leader has already been released from prison.

The two cases thus converge on the same point: the circulation and sale of FC Porto tickets. In “Golden Ticket,” the investigation seeks to assess the financial gain attributed to the couple and identify the expenses allegedly paid with those amounts.

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