New president: São Paulo the victim, club to aid investigations | OneFootball

New president of São Paulo, Harry Massis positioned the club as a victim in the Civil Police investigations, which are probing possible embezzlement of money from the Tricolor's coffers. The inquiry was initiated and is being handled by the Department of Police for the Protection of Citizenship (DPPC), under judicial secrecy.

São Paulo has already been placed as a victim in the inquiry. The Civil Police is investigating 35 withdrawals, between January 2021 and December 2025, totaling R$ 11 million, according to the COAF (Financial Activities Control Council) report.

The authorities' investigation also involves about R$ 1.5 million in cash deposited into the account of former president Julio Casares, who resigned from the presidential position last Wednesday.

In a recent interview with TV Globo, delegate Tiago Fernando Correia, who is leading the investigations, also explained that São Paulo is treated as a victim. “[We want to understand] The reason for these cash withdrawals and to whom the employees of this company delivered the money bags in the end, that is, what was the final destination of this money,” he said.

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New president promises cooperation

A week into his presidency at São Paulo, Massis has started taking the first steps. As reported, the new tricolor leader promised to cooperate with the Civil Police investigations, making it clear that the club is a victim in the situation.

Massis has made São Paulo available to the authorities and the Public Prosecutor's Office to provide any and all necessary documents for the investigations. The intention is to provide as much transparency as possible to those responsible for the inquiries.

The report also found that the new president was surprised by the fact that São Paulo avoided addressing the issue publicly and was slow to position itself as a victim during the course of the police investigations.

Massis wants contract audit

Harry Massis also plans to 'clean up São Paulo'. The president sees the hiring of an external audit to evaluate the contracts signed by Julio Casares' management as necessary.

Exit of investigated directors

Finally, the president of São Paulo also explained that Mara Casares and Douglas Schwartzmann are no longer part of the management. Both are being investigated for being part of an alleged illegal ticket sales scheme for a Morumbis box. Officially, both are only on leave from their respective positions, but Massis considers that both are already out of the board.

Mara Casares was the female, cultural, and events director of São Paulo, while Schwartzmann was the deputy director of the club's youth categories.

Both are being investigated by the Civil Police, which executed search and seizure warrants at their addresses last Wednesday. Mara and Douglas are also under investigation by the Ethics Committee of São Paulo's Deliberative Council. A report will be sent to the DC, which should put the issue to a vote for a possible internal punishment of those involved.

Remember the box case

Audio recordings between Douglas Schwartzmann, deputy director of São Paulo's youth categories, and Mara Casares, ex-wife of president Julio Casares and cultural and events director, revealed an illegal scheme of box commercialization for shows held at Morumbis. After the case was leaked, Schwartzmann and Mara requested leave from their positions.

In the recording, obtained by ge, Schwartzmann admits that he, Mara, and others profited from the scheme. He states that Mara Casares received a box from the superintendent Marcio Carlomagno and sold tickets for the Colombian singer Shakira's show in February this year. Carlomagno is considered Julio Casares' right-hand man and the main candidate for the 2026 election.

The box that motivated the leaked recording, at the center of a judicial process, was 3A, in the east sector of Morumbis. In club documents, this space is listed as “presidential room” and is located in front of the office of president Julio Casares.

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