Casares dodges police and stays silent in São Paulo inquiry | OneFootball

Former São Paulo president Júlio Casares did not appear at the police station on Tuesday (12) to provide clarification بشأن possible irregularities during his administration.

Through his defense team, Casares said he would exercise his right to remain silent.

According to investigators heard by the Globo Esporte portal, there will be no new date for questioning, stating that the former president lost the chance to clarify the facts in light of the evidence already gathered.

The task force said Casares’s silence does not interrupt the process and that the evidentiary material is robust.

The investigations, conducted by the DPPC (Department of Police for the Protection of Citizenship) and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, focus on suspicions of money laundering and irregularities in the luxury box sector.

Although the club is being treated as a victim, names close to Casares, such as Douglas Schwartzmann and Mara Casares, were mentioned in alleged schemes involving financial losses.

The former president’s defense disputes the handling of the case, alleging restrictions on the defense and lack of full access to the case files.

Lawyers Daniel Bialski and Bruno Borragine claim that the police are being biased and making it difficult to access essential documents, which would have prompted the absence from the testimony.

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