Prosecutor asks MP to consider possible court intervention at Corinthians

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·18 novembre 2025

Prosecutor asks MP to consider possible court intervention at Corinthians

By Fabio Luigi / Central do Timão Editorial Team

The São Paulo State Public Prosecutor (MP-SP), Cássio Conserino, who is involved in the investigation of Corinthians' corporate cards, sent a petition to the Public and Social Heritage Prosecutor's Office recommending that the club undergo judicial intervention. The information was first published by ge.globo.

The suggestion is under review by civil professionals and, if approved, the request may be made. The document is over 50 pages long and was issued on November 11. It lists 25 reasons for opening an inquiry or filing a public civil action.

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Cássio Conserino works in the criminal area and does not have the authority to directly request a judicial intervention at Corinthians, which is why he forwarded the petition to another prosecutor's office and is awaiting evaluation. Among the various aspects addressed, the document mentions the misappropriation of sports materials from the club, use of the club’s corporate card for personal purposes, and even a possible involvement of organized crime within the institution.

The concept of judicial intervention refers to a legal mechanism whereby a foundation, company, or club shows signs of irregularities in its management, which may affect credibility, operations, and transparency. In such cases, the Public Prosecutor's Office or the competent prosecutor may request the courts to temporarily take over the administration.

In football, the process is the same as for any private entity. If necessary, the judge may order the partial or total suspension of the actions of the board in question. From there, a court-appointed administrator is named to take responsibility for the institution’s management. They remain in the position until the court deems that the entity has achieved more appropriate governance conditions.

See below the list of 25 reasons included in Cássio Conserino’s petition:

Reports from external auditors highlighting irregularities;
Corinthians is a cultural heritage, whose protection is the responsibility of the Public Prosecutor's Office;
Indictment filed and accepted against former president Augusto Melo, among others, for criminal association and money laundering;
Indictment filed against former president Andres Sanches and then financial manager of the current administration, Roberto Gavioli, for misappropriation and money laundering;
Ongoing investigations against other former presidents;
Investigation at the Police Station for the Repression of Sports Intolerance Rights regarding the large-scale misappropriation of sports materials by current management officials;
Inoperative compliance system;
The signing by a former president and by a financial manager, who also works in the current management, of confessions of debts that had already expired by statute of limitations;
Centralized Execution Regime not fulfilled and not ratified, including contracts harmful to the club;
Request for judicial intervention made by a creditor in the Centralized Execution Regime proceedings;
Reckless management by taking on the third largest payroll in the country;
Allegedly fake invoices issued by Oliveira Minimercado, cited as a shell company, with Corinthians as its only client, with amounts paid from the club’s coffers;
Police reports indicating suppression of documents from within the club;
Evidence of organized crime involvement substantiated by 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 to former president André Sanchez, under ministerial investigation, linked to a criminal faction involving the use of urban transport cooperatives in São Paulo;
Non-compliance with the statute regarding the impeachment of Augusto Melo, with the delivery of the current Deliberative Council minutes withheld despite a court order;
Use of corporate card by former directors even after the end of their terms;
Unpayable debt, according to reports from independent external professionals;
Threat to a witness perpetrated by a suspect in the case of misappropriation of sports materials, then a member of the current management;
FIFA Transferban involving millions due to non-payment of athletes;
Acts that may constitute reckless management within the sports entity;
Institutional disorganization of financial management, with omission by deliberative and oversight bodies;
Dozens of other possible irregularities involving questionable contracts, Corinthians TV, hiring of youth players, brand licensing with insignificant royalty payments to the club, contracts with abusive clauses, relationships with shell or phantom companies under investigation by the Public Prosecutor's Office