Prosecutor urges Andrés Sanchez to repay Corinthians after claims

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·15 October 2025

Prosecutor urges Andrés Sanchez to repay Corinthians after claims

By Henrique Pereira / Central do Timão Editorial Team

The Public Prosecutor's Office has charged former Corinthians president Andrés Sanchez and the club's financial manager, Roberto Gavioli, with the crimes of embezzlement, money laundering, and tax violation. During the press conference, prosecutor Cássio Roberto Conserino stated that the former executive used about R$ 480,000 from the club's coffers for personal purposes.

The amount refers to Andrés Sanchez's second term as head of Corinthians, between 2018 and 2020. Updated for interest and inflation, the amount reaches R$ 480,000. In addition, the São Paulo Public Prosecutor's Office is requesting that both Andrés and Gavioli pay an extra 75% of the total as compensation for moral damages—that is, an additional R$ 360,000. Thus, the total amount reaches R$ 840,000. “The compensation is for moral damages and the reimbursement is for material damages,” explained Cássio.

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“The amount, updated with interest, reached R$ 480,000. The official is also requesting 75% of this amount as compensation for moral damages to Corinthians and 75% from manager Roberto Gavioli as moral damages,” highlighted the prosecutor, clarifying that the employee was also included in the charge for allegedly being complicit with the expenses made by Andrés Sanchez.

The prosecutor made a point of emphasizing that the payment of the amount will not exempt the former president from responsibility. “It does not exonerate him, because it is not voluntary. Paying after five years and after the press (discloses it) is not voluntary. Voluntariness requires, at the very least, the absence of an external occurrence for the person to take the initiative and make the payment.”

During the press conference, Conserino detailed some of the expenses pointed out by the Public Prosecutor's Office, including spending at restaurants, gas stations, and the purchase of watches worth R$ 5,000. Also highlighted were Andrés Sanchez's trips to Fernando de Noronha and Pipa, where he allegedly used R$ 33,000 from Corinthians.

It is important to remember that, when the case became public, Andrés Sanchez stated that he had returned R$ 15,000 to the club. However, the amount indicated by the Public Prosecutor's Office is more than double that sum.

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