Justice committee urges Ethics to review corporate card use | OneFootball

The Justice Commission of the Corinthians Deliberative Council concluded, last Monday (19th), the analysis regarding the use of the club's corporate card by former president Andrés Sanchéz. The report was sent to the president of the Deliberative Council (CD), Romeu Tuma Júnior, and recommends that the case be referred to the Ethics Committee, due to indications of reckless management.

With the submission of the report, the case now awaits a formal dispatch from the CD president to be officially referred to the Ethics and Discipline Committee (CED), where it should proceed as a disciplinary process. The investigations into the use of the corporate card by the last three Corinthians administrations were conducted separately, and this specific progress pertains exclusively to Andrés Sanchez's second term, between 2018 and 2020.

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Meanwhile, former president Duilio Monteiro Alves, who led the club in the following administration, has not yet been heard by the Justice Commission. It is expected that his testimony will occur later this January, within the schedule set by the commission.

Recall the case

The investigation into the irregular use of the Corinthians corporate card began after complaints made by fans, based on invoices leaked by a parody account on the social network X. One of the documents was confirmed as genuine by Andrés Sanchéz, who at the time stated he had reimbursed the club for the expenses.

In July 2025, the São Paulo Public Prosecutor's Office opened a criminal investigation procedure to investigate the irregular use of the corporate card during the administrations of former presidents Andrés Sanchez (2018-2020) and Duilio Monteiro Alves (2021-2023). Days later, the agency also began investigating the expense report of the presidency from October 2023. Subsequently, the investigation was expanded to include the corporate card invoices issued during the administration of the ousted president Augusto Melo, from January 2024 to May 2025.

Andrés Sanchez and Roberto Gavioli were indicted by the São Paulo Public Prosecutor's Office in October of last year. The former president is accused of embezzlement, money laundering, and falsification of tax documents, while the former financial manager is charged with embezzlement and money laundering. The charges involve more than 200 expenses distributed across 31 invoices, made between August 2018 and February 2021, and include a reimbursement request to Corinthians' coffers exceeding R$ 480,000, as material damages.

The lawsuit analyzing the Public Prosecutor's Office's indictment against the former president and the former financial manager is suspended after the judge responsible for the case accepted a request for suspicion presented by the Public Prosecutor's Office. The process was forwarded to the Special Chamber of the São Paulo Court of Justice (TJ-SP), which will evaluate the request and decide whether the magistrate remains in charge of the action.

Parallel to the investigation conducted by the São Paulo Public Prosecutor's Office, the former president became the target of an internal investigation by the club's Justice Commission, which concluded its work last Monday. A lifetime counselor of Corinthians, Andrés Sanchéz is suspended from his position until the investigations are definitively concluded.

Next steps

With the conclusion of the preliminary analysis by the Justice Commission, the tendency is for the CD president to officially send the case to the Ethics Committee. From that moment, Andrés Sanchéz will face a disciplinary process, in which he will be assured the right to a full defense and the right to contest, as provided in the club's statute.

At the end of the investigation, the Ethics and Discipline Committee (CED) will prepare a conclusive report, which may or may not recommend sanctions against the former president. Among the possible penalties is even the possibility of expulsion from the Corinthians membership.

Following the statutory procedure, the CED's report must be submitted for consideration and deliberation by the plenary of the Deliberative Council, the body responsible for the final decision on any punishments. It is worth noting that the president of the Ethics Committee, Leonardo Pantaleão, has followed the work developed by the Justice Commission from the beginning, aiming to ensure greater speed in the case's progress and avoid redundant work in the disciplinary phase.

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