Corinthians president pressured, will hand over documents to prosecutors | OneFootball

The board of Corinthians has still not delivered the documents requested by the São Paulo Public Prosecutor's Office (MP-SP), which is investigating the possible misuse of the club’s corporate cards during the terms of the last three presidents, Augusto Melo, Duilio Monteiro Alves, and Andrés Sanchez.

Last Thursday, the MP, through prosecutor Cássio Roberto Conserino, demanded the submission of credit card statements and expense reports from the presidency from 2018 to May 26, 2025, the date on which Augusto Melo was removed from office. He set a 24-hour deadline, under penalty that, in case of non-compliance, a police inquiry would be requested for the crime of disobedience.

The alvinegra board, however, stated that it will deliver all the documents by Monday, September 8.

Gazeta Esportiva has learned that Corinthians officials are studying the best way to send the documentation. There is a possibility of delivering it to the MP or directly to the courts. The club fears that confidential data could leak to the press and fans.

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Stabile under pressure

According to information obtained by the report, Corinthians president Osmar Stabile was under internal pressure not to provide the documents requested by the MP.

Influential people within Parque São Jorge argued that the club should only deliver such reports upon a court order. There was fear that, by sending confidential tax data of former presidents solely at the request of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Stabile would be committing a crime.

However, it was later understood that the data, although confidential, concerns the club’s credit cards, not those of the former presidents. Osmar, therefore, decided he will send them.

Understand the case

The Criminal Investigative Procedure (PIC) was initiated by the Public Prosecutor’s Office in mid-June of this year. At the time, the agency also scheduled hearings 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 revelation of the expenses, he reimbursed Corinthians with interest and monetary correction. The former president, however, will answer to a disciplinary process in the club’s Ethics and Discipline Committee. Fans are demanding punishments and even the expulsion of Andrés.

There was also an accusation of alleged personal expenses during Duilio Monteiro Alves’ administration. The expenses, however, are not necessarily linked to the former president. He does not recognize the statements and filed a police report at the Police Station for the Repression of Sports Intolerance Crimes (Drade/Dope), requesting that this 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 courts 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 statement from the Judiciary.

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