Football Leaks Hacker Who Sparked Man City Probe in Talks with SFO over Co-Operation
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Football Leaks hacker who sparked Man City probe in talks with SFO over co-operation
Rui Pinto, the Portuguese hacktivist whose Football Leaks prompted investigations into Manchester City, says he is in talks with British authorities over a co-operation deal. Pinto is seeking protection in exchange for helping to expose crime after being told at the height of the coverage of Manchester City’s bombshell financial cheating verdict that he will [...]
Rui Pinto's lawyers are in talks with British authorities over a possible cooperation agreement where the Portuguese would help uncover serious financial and sporting crimes in the United Kingdom and receive the necessary protection.
Rui Pinto will be able to provide information on suspicions of financial crimes in football and other sectors, at a time when he faces the possibility of losing witness protection in Portugal.
He looks much younger than he is. Perhaps it's his dark, spiky hair, or his chubby-cheeked face. But Rui Pinto (Porto; 38 years old), a professional hacker, has been living as a protected witness in his native Portugal for six years. The reason? The creation of Football Leaks, an online platform where he anonymously published confidential documents hacked from clubs across Europe (contracts, emails, tax analyses, etc.) that revealed the shady de…
Rui Pinto's defense team confirmed that talks have taken place with British authorities regarding his possible collaboration in the investigation of financial and sporting crimes in the United Kingdom. According to the newspaper 'The Guardian', the initiative came from the Serious Fraud Office, a British government department. Rui Pinto had already expressed his willingness to… Read more...
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