Corinthians director to meet prosecutor to discuss sending documents | OneFootball

Pedro Luis Soares, the new legal director of Corinthians, has scheduled a meeting with Cássio Roberto Conserino, prosecutor for the São Paulo Public Prosecutor's Office (MP-SP), for this Thursday. The executive’s goal is to discuss the submission of confidential documents and reinforce the club’s commitment to the agency’s investigation into alleged improper expenditures during the administrations of the last three presidents: Augusto Melo, Duilio Monteiro Alves, and Andrés Sanchez.

According to Gazeta Esportiva, Pedro had been trying to communicate with the prosecutor in recent days but was unable to make contact. He even went to the Barra Funda Courthouse, but Cássio was in Brasília and could not meet with the club executive.

The Corinthians board intends to align with the prosecutor on the delivery of the outstanding financial reports. Last Monday, the club began sending the documents requested by the MP, but only sent the credit card statements from 2018 to May 2025.

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Corinthians fears leaks

Timão was studying the best way to provide the documents to the MP and sent the data in court, delivering them directly to the Judiciary under a confidentiality request, and not to the prosecutor's office. The MP will thus have access granted by the court.

The Gazeta Esportiva report found that the club chose to send the documents to the Judiciary because it understood that the protected and sensitive banking and tax data could leak to the press and fans, putting those involved at risk of being held responsible.

Furthermore, the stance of prosecutor Cássio Roberto Conserino has drawn attention from the club’s executives. The MP representative gave an interview to Rádio Bandeirantes in recent days and left the board with the impression that he exposed the “Corinthians” brand negatively, showing interest in revealing confidential details of the investigation.

Therefore, Pedro Soares’ meeting with the prosecutor aims to discuss these details in order to prevent leaks that could expose the institution.

Meeting with the judge

In parallel, the Corinthians legal director met last Wednesday with the judge responsible for the case, Marcia Mayumi Okada Oshiro, of the 2nd Specialized Court for Tax Crimes, Criminal Organization, and Money Laundering, to discuss the same subject.

According to information obtained by the report, the meeting was considered very positive. Marcia is the same judge from the VaideBet case, who indicted Augusto Melo and two other former Timão executives for the crimes of aggravated theft, money laundering, and criminal association.

Understand the case

The Criminal Investigative Procedure (PIC) was launched by the Public Prosecutor's Office in mid-June this year. At the time, the agency also scheduled interviews with the current president, Osmar Stabile, vice president Armando Mendonça, and the president of the Deliberative Council, Romeu Tuma Júnior, in order to understand how Corinthians’ corporate cards work.

Initially, the MP’s investigation would only cover the periods of Andrés Sanchez’s (2018 to 2020) and Duilio’s (2021 to 2023) administrations. However, after hearing some testimonies, the agency decided to also investigate Augusto Melo’s term. In addition to alleged embezzlement, possible crimes of fraud, aggravated theft, ideological falsehood, and criminal association are also being investigated.

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The case came to light at the beginning of July, when Andrés admitted to having improperly used the card to pay for personal expenses in Tibau do Sul, Rio Grande do Norte, at the end of his last term in 2020.

Days after the expenses were revealed, he reimbursed Corinthians with interest and monetary correction. The former president, however, will face disciplinary proceedings before the club’s Ethics and Discipline Committee. Fans are calling for punishments and even Andrés’ expulsion.

There was also an accusation of alleged personal expenses during Duilio Monteiro Alves’ administration. However, the expenses are not necessarily linked to the former president. He does not recognize the statements and filed a police report at the Police Department for the Repression of Sports Intolerance Crimes (Drade/Dope), requesting that it be included in the ongoing police inquiry, which denounces the circulation of false and manipulated documents.

At the beginning of September, the MP asked the court for Andrés, Duilio, and Augusto Melo to be temporarily removed from the Deliberative and Advisory Councils of Corinthians during the investigation. So far, however, there has been no response from the Judiciary.

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