Prosecutor calls for court intervention at Corinthians, lists 25 reasons

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·18 November 2025

Prosecutor calls for court intervention at Corinthians, lists 25 reasons

Cassio Roberto Conserino, a prosecutor from the São Paulo Public Prosecutor's Office (MP-SP), sent a representation to the Public and Social Heritage Prosecutor's Office suggesting a judicial intervention in the Corinthians. The information was published by ge and confirmed by Gazeta Esportiva.

The document, dated November 11, presents 25 reasons that would justify the initiation of a civil inquiry or a public action aiming for judicial intervention in the club. The intervention cannot be initiated by the prosecutor himself, who operates in the criminal sphere. The request will be analyzed in the civil sphere.

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Know the reasons

Among the reasons listed by Cassio Conserino are the VaideBet case, investigations into the use of corporate cards by Corinthians during the administrations of Augusto Melo, Duilio Monteiro Alves, and Andrés Sanchez, the diversion of sports materials provided by Nike, and even the possible infiltration of organized crime in the club. Check below:

Reports from external auditors pointing out irregularities;
⁠Corinthians is a cultural heritage, whose protection is the responsibility of the Public Prosecutor's Office;
⁠Complaint filed and accepted against former president Augusto Melo, among others, for criminal association and money laundering;
⁠Complaint filed against former president Andres Sanches and then financial manager of the current administration, Roberto Gavioli, for embezzlement and money laundering;
⁠Investigations against other former presidents in progress;
⁠Investigation at the Police Station for Repression of Sports Intolerance Rights of a massive diversion of sports material by current administration leaders;
Non-operational compliance system;
⁠The signing by a former president and a financial manager, who also acts in the current administration, of debt confessions then extinguished by prescription;
⁠Unfulfilled and unapproved Centralized Execution Regime, including contracts harmful to the club;
⁠Judicial intervention request filed by a creditor in the Centralized Execution Regime;
Reckless management by assuming the third-largest payroll in the country;
⁠Allegedly fake invoices issued by Oliveira Minimercado, cited as a shell company, with Corinthians as the sole client, whose amounts came from the club's coffers;
⁠Police reports informing the suppression of documents from within the club;
⁠Indications of organized crime presence substantiated in the payment of commissions from VAIDEBET to a company allegedly linked to organized crime;
⁠Professional athletes housed in an apartment owned by “Alemão” (José Carlos Gonçalves), an alleged member of a criminal organization;
⁠Gas stations allegedly linked to organized crime licensed with the Corinthians brand;
⁠Receipt of payment by Corinthians to a former parliamentary advisor of former president André Sanchez, targeted by a ministerial investigation, linked to a criminal faction involving the use of urban transport cooperatives in São Paulo;
Non-compliance with the statute for the impeachment of Augusto Melo, with the delivery of the minutes of the current Deliberative Council withheld, despite a court order;
⁠Use of corporate card by former leaders, even after the end of their terms;
⁠Unpayable debt, according to reports from independent external professionals;
⁠Witness threat perpetrated by an investigated person in the case of the diversion of sports materials, then a member of the current administration;
FIFA transfer ban in million-dollar amounts due to non-payment of athletes;
⁠Acts that may characterize reckless management within the sports entity;
⁠Institutional disorganization of financial management, with omission of deliberative and control bodies;
⁠Dozens of other possible irregularities involving dubious contracts, TV Corinthians, hiring of youth players, brand licensing with insignificant royalties to the club, contracts with onerous clauses, relations with shell or phantom companies under investigation by the Public Prosecutor's Office.

What can happen to Corinthians?

If the court considers the request valid, it may decree judicial intervention in the administration of Corinthians and appoint a provisional administrator. This administrator would have the following powers: assume the presidency and administrative acts of the club, suspend decisions or contracts, promote internal audits, reorganize the administrative structure, and even call new elections if necessary.

The administrator, determined by the court, would operate under the supervision of the Judiciary and would have to present periodic reports. The measure would remain in effect until the judge deems that the irregularities have been resolved and that the club can resume its regular management.

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