Prosecutors summon Duilio to testify over Corinthians card use | OneFootball

Former Corinthians president Duilio Monteiro Alves has been summoned by the São Paulo Public Prosecutor's Office (MP-SP) to give a statement. The hearing is scheduled for November 13 (Thursday).

The information was initially published by ge and confirmed by Gazeta Esportiva. At first, the interrogation will focus on the use of the club’s corporate cards by the former president, who is a lifetime advisor of Timão and a member of Cori (Advisory Council).

(Photo: Rodrigo Coca/Agência Corinthians)

However, the MP is also investigating alleged invoices that indicate expenses of R$ 86,000 during his term, between 2021 and 2023. Corinthians allegedly covered expenses for personal items, such as beer, cigarettes, and even tadalafil, a medication for erectile dysfunction. The purchases were not necessarily made by the president himself.

Duilio does not recognize the invoices and filed a criminal complaint at the Police Station for the Repression of Crimes of Sports Intolerance (Drade/Dope), requesting that it be included in the ongoing police investigation, which reports the circulation of false and manipulated documents.

The Criminal Investigative Procedure (PIC) was launched by the Public Prosecutor's Office in mid-June of this year. Initially, the agency’s investigation was only going to cover the periods of Andrés Sanchez’s (2018 to 2020) and Duilio Monteiro Alves’s (2021 to 2023) administrations. However, after hearing some testimonies, the MP decided to also investigate Augusto Melo’s term.

On October 15, the Public Prosecutor's Office charged Andrés Sanchez with the crimes of aggravated continued embezzlement, money laundering, and falsification of tax documents. The charges have been submitted to the courts, which have not yet issued a statement.

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