São Paulo prosecutor’s office ‘investigating’ cash sums under Andrés Sanchez and Duilio Monteiro Alves at Corinthians | OneFootball

The São Paulo public prosecutor is investigating more than R$ 3.4 million in cash withdrawals from Corinthians during the administrations of Andrés Sanchez and Duilio Monteiro Alves, payments said to have been handed to former security chief João Odair de Souza without invoices.

"It was common to receive cash, and many of the guards were off-duty police, which made issuing invoices difficult," João Odair de Souza said. He told ge.globo.

Investigators say substantial sums, received between March 2018 and December 2023, lacked receipts, prompting scrutiny. A club spreadsheet covering the tenures of Andrés, Duilio and Augusto Melo underpinned the inquiry. Prosecutor Cássio Conserino calculated the total could exceed R$ 7.3 million when adjusted for inflation.

Records show multiple same-day withdrawals, including a single R$ 129.3 thousand payment in October 2023, and a smaller R$ 529 on 29 October 2020. Souza, nicknamed Caveira, said he used most of the money to pay freelance security for matches, protests and club events.

He added that he reported to the finance department and was never challenged by the Conselho Fiscal. He has been listed as a suspect in one ongoing inquiry and has not yet been called to testify.

In a separate line of inquiry, former driver Denilson Grillo is said to have received more than R$ 1.2 million in cash over three years during Duilio’s term, amid suspicions of front companies. Former executives Wesley Melo and Roberto Gavioli were named, with internal payments requiring their approval, and are due to testify on 18 March. Both had previously been cited in probes into the club’s corporate card use, and a date for Duilio’s hearing has not been set.

Source: Meu Timao