Duilio targeted by prosecutors, ex-president’s driver to testify | OneFootball

Duilio Monteiro Alves is the next target of the São Paulo Public Prosecutor's Office investigations into improper spending with Corinthians' corporate cards. Documents from the period of the former president's administration, from 2021 to 2023, have already been collected by the agency and will soon be thoroughly analyzed.

The São Paulo Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating crimes committed during the last three presidential administrations of Corinthians: Andrés Sanchez, Duilio Monteiro Alves, and more recently, Augusto Melo.

Invoices confirm expenses of R$ 86,000 on Corinthians' corporate cards during Duilio's term. Items such as beer, cigarettes, and even tadalafil, a medication that increases blood flow and aids in erectile dysfunction, were identified, but were not necessarily purchased by the former president.

During Duilio Monteiro Alves' administration, the accounts were approved by Corinthians' Deliberative Council even with reservations from the Fiscal Council and the Advisory Council (CORI).

Following the complaint against former president Andrés Sanchez and Roberto Gavioli, former financial superintendent of Corinthians who was dismissed this Wednesday, the São Paulo Public Prosecutor's Office will now begin investigating practices from Duilio's administration, starting with the hearing of Denilson Grillo, also known as “Carioca,” the former driver of the president who signed the expense spreadsheet with the club's corporate cards.

“Regarding Duilio, I will now focus on the former president's invoices. What was the criterion of action? The oldest facts. I took 2018 and now I will proceed. What I can attest is that on October 23, Mr. Denilson will be subjected to interrogation,” said prosecutor Cássio Roberto Conserino.

Recently, the defense of Duilio Monteiro Alves filed a request for a preliminary injunction in habeas corpus against the investigation by the São Paulo Public Prosecutor's Office for irregular spending during his administration. The court, however, denied the request.

Duilio's defense claims that their client suffered “illegal constraint” due to the breach of confidentiality of the expenses on Corinthians' corporate credit cards.

“The prosecution opposed the dismissal of the investigation. The last habeas corpus was filed by former president Duilio, I have already responded, it is in the phase of the prosecution's statement. Next, I will hear Denilson Grillo on October 23 and will now focus on the former president Duílio's invoices,” the case prosecutor concluded.

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