Player involved in betting scheme is suspended for 720 days – News of Brazil
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The Court of Sports Justice of Rio Grande do Sul (TJD-RS) condemned, this Monday (22), the lateral Nikolas Farias with a penalty of BRL 80 thousand and 720 days of suspension for participating in a match-fixing scheme in the 2023 edition of the Campeonato Gaúcho. This is the first punishment of an athlete mentioned in the Maximum Penalty operation, carried out by the Goiás Public Ministry (MP-GO).
Nikolas Farias, who ended up being judged in absentia for not attending the session, committed a penalty against Esportivo in the 2023 Campeonato Gaúcho, a competition for which he defended Novo Hamburgo.
Within the scope of the investigation carried out by the MP-GO, Nikolas (who is without a club at the moment) acknowledged the irregularities and was not criminally prosecuted. However, in the sporting field, punishment still fit.
Initially, the striker was scheduled to be judged in the same session Pedroso Jug, from Inter Santa Maria. However, the TJD-RS accepted the request of the player’s defense to postpone his trial in order to better elaborate the defense.
MP-GO Investigation
Investigations into soccer match result manipulation schemes to favor gamblers began in February of this year when the MP-GO received a complaint from the president of Vila Nova, Hugo Jorge Bravo. On that occasion, the manager revealed that midfielder Marcos Vinícius Alves Barreira, better known as Romarinho (who had his contract terminated in 2022), accepted R$ 150,000 to commit a penalty in the first stage of the game against Sport, in Série B. Subsequently, in April, the MP-GO expanded the scope of investigations, starting to investigate possible irregular events in Serie A and state championship matches.
Source: Brazil Agency
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