PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Bodicoteblue]

The whistle-blowing defence was destroyed by the Portguese judges on the basis that he had admitted demanding money from his victims and he produced no evidence for his motive in hacking documents from hundreds of organisations. You have to provide a public interest motive for being a genuine whistleblower. What Pinto was convicted of was a giant criminal financial fishing expedition. He even hacked the police investigating his case.
In addition to the four year (suspended) jail sentence in Portugal he got another six months jail from a French court for hacking PSG. He is still facing 377 further charges. But the English press have continued to paint him as a hero. It proves how information is totally distorted these days. The coverage of his case in the UK by BBC online missed out ALL the prosection evidence.

Wow, if you thought 115 was a big number, what is 377!?!

 

[WRicko]

they are everything the press are desperate for us to be,

They broke FFP to get up didn’t they

 

[citizen_maine]

they are everything the press are desperate for us to be,

Relegated?

 

[Stoned Rose]

Definitely Der Spiegl. Pinto was just an opportunist who hacked millions of documents. City are a tiny fraction of his hack and we didn’t even feature in any of the charges when he was recently convicted of extortion. He is also facing more multiple charges. Spiegl have a track record of fabricating stories and were hammered by the regulators in Germany in another case.

Just of sheer curiosity how did this Pinto **** get identified/caught?

 

[Iassel]

Just of sheer curiosity how did this Pinto **** get identified/caught?

He approached some of the parties involved using his own name, demanding money to not release ‘incriminating’ info.

A smart criminal he is not.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Just of sheer curiosity how did this Pinto **** get identified/caught?

Don't know all the details but I think he was caught in a sting by the Portugese police. He was demanding payment in return for data he had stolen from a Portugese Sports Agency (I think Doyen Sports). He demanded 500,000 Euros payment in return for him not releasing documents he had hacked from them. A meeting was set up with Pinto's then lawyer and their lawyers at a motorway services near Lisbon but undercover police were waiting for him. They had been after him for years. He apparently had hidden bank accounts all over the world. This is what was reported in the overseas media. The link below gives an indication of his previous blackmail and extortion tactics though of course the UK media treated him like a saint.

Dirty John: The dark side of Rui Pinto - josimarfootball.com

Der Spiegel and other newspapers hail him as an important whistleblower, but five years ago Rui Pinto obtained 268,000 euro from two bank accounts in the Cayman Islands through hacking. Then he turned to football.

josimarfootball.com

 

[Stoned Rose]

Don't know all the details but I think he was caught in a sting by the Portugese police. He was demanding payment in return for data he had stolen from a Portugese Sports Agency (I think Doyen Sports). He demanded 500,000 Euros payment in return for him not releasing documents he had hacked from them. A meeting was set up with Pinto's then lawyer and their lawyers at a motorway services near Lisbon but undercover police were waiting for him. They had been after him for years. He apparently had hidden bank accounts all over the world. This is what was reported in the overseas media. The link below gives an indication of his previous blackmail and extortion tactics though of course the UK media treated him like a saint.

Dirty John: The dark side of Rui Pinto - josimarfootball.com

Der Spiegel and other newspapers hail him as an important whistleblower, but five years ago Rui Pinto obtained 268,000 euro from two bank accounts in the Cayman Islands through hacking. Then he turned to football.

josimarfootball.com

Thanks BOQ, much appreciated mate.

 

[eyalluvitt]

They broke FFP to get up didn’t they

Yes and paid the PL for it all to go away

 

[I'm Blue]

Yes and paid the PL for it all to go away

Ah but at least ‘they did things the right way’ apparently.
What ever the fuck that means.
Maybe offsetting money on an imaginary new stadium is the right way?

 

[Dribble]

You would expect City being state owned and human rights abusers to let the Abu Dhabi secret service to act on Pinto and any other questionable person who seems intent to throw shit our way but no the club want to do everything by the book.

I would be more worried if we actually needed to use these shady techniques.

We'd be merely fighting fire with fire.