And of the 96 million documents in the overall footyleaks cache these five emails, at least one of which was fabricated, became the focus for UEFA. Says it all really. For me the worse scandal is the dishonest and distorted way it has been reported by most of the English media.Der Speigel, 100%. Pinto just handed the hard drives over.
100's? He stole 5,500,000 documents in total just from City.There must be hundreds of emails as this story was from over 2 years ago.
Maybe he's still WhatsApp-ing them to the Mail wankers.
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.Wonder who did the email merging, the hacker or Der Speigel. ?
And of the 96 million documents in the overall footyleaks cache these five emails, at least one of which was fabricated, became the focus for UEFA. Says it all really. For me the worse scandal is the dishonest and distorted way it has been reported by most of the English media.
A good question. But a better question is why did they do it? Was it to placate the bosses at Bayern Munich who were so vicious in their public attacks on City? Bayern had Der Spiegl over a barrel in a separate legal action which could have closed the magazine down. But it just faded away.Why haven't Der Speigel been prosecuted for colluding with a thief and falsifying documentation that was used as evidence in a court of law ?
Did he? That's outrageous.100's? He stole 5,500,000 documents in total just from City.
Just one query on your post. Do statute of limitations apply in civil ( as opposed to criminal) cases in the case of fraud or concealment?
From lots of clubs yet the only things to come if it at least in the English press are attacks on City and claims about Ronaldo’s private life100's? He stole 5,500,000 documents in total just from City.
Our titles are tainted but not LeicestersThey say tainted titles despite half the PL failing FFP at one time or another, so if Fulham win the PL will it be tainted as they once failed FFP or Wolves or United
From lots of clubs yet the only things to come if it at least in the English press are attacks on City and claims about Ronaldo’s private life
Pinto was painting himself as a concerned whistle-blower, as opposed to being a hacker out to make money from extortion.So according to the daily mail he’s offered to do something that won’t be allowed……
Just how would offering to help the premier league have saved his bacon anyway?
Hence why he was in witness protection whilst awaiting trial. He's pissed of some seriously powerful people who know Putin!Doesn't Abu Dhabi have a secret service who could have a little chat with him next to a 10th floor window?
Pinto was painting himself as a concerned whistle-blower, as opposed to being a hacker out to make money from extortion.
Whether he was genuinely arsed about "helping" the PL is another matter. I sense it was ultimately all part of his defence.
It's essentially being in possession of stolen goods.Why haven't Der Speigel been prosecuted for colluding with a thief and falsifying documentation that was used as evidence in a court of law ?
Not worth the money - it just feeds oxygen to the anti-City mediah.Why haven't Der Speigel been prosecuted for colluding with a thief and falsifying documentation that was used as evidence in a court of law ?
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.I sense it was all a figment of the daily mail’s imagination.
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. Hell, we didn’t even go after Liverpool when the hacked the database.Doesn't Abu Dhabi have a secret service who could have a little chat with him next to a 10th floor window?
they are everything the press are desperate for us to be,Our titles are tainted but not Leicesters
Wow, if you thought 115 was a big number, what is 377!?!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.