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Norberto Duarte / Agence France-Presse
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The Brazilian press released a key piece of information to understand why the star Ronaldinho He was arrested in Paraguay in early March. Apparently, his arrest is linked to an illegal business in which the former Barcelona soccer player could be linked.
According to the Jornal Do Brasilia, one of the Ronaldinho properties located in the Ipanema neighborhood, in the city of Porto Alegre (RS), is used as clandestine game center.
Dinho and his brother Roberto de Assis Moreira are currently under house arrest at the Palmaroga hotel in the city of Asunción, where they were transferred on April 7 after having paid a bond of $ 1.6 million.
The Brazilian Justice would have influenced the arrest of the Assis Moreira brothers, who were prosecuted for entering Paraguay with false passports.
In their country they determined that they are the owners of the home where Winpoker, an underground gambling company, operates. In Brazil, betting has been banned since 1946. Since then, mafias dedicated to illegal gambling have proliferated throughout the country.
In Winpoker, according to the investigations of the Brazilian Justice, a cousin of the star was employed, as a doorman, and an aunt, as head chef of the place. The business was set up where a disco, Planet Music Hall, previously operated, which closed in 2013 after a fire that killed 242 people.
“Everything we do is under contracts that are managed by my brother, who is my representative. In this case, we came to participate in the launch of an online casino as specified in the contract and for the launch of the book Craque da Vida that was organized with the company in Brazil that has the rights to exploit the book in Paraguay, ”Ronaldinho told the ABC Color newspaper in Paraguay. An interview granted when he was already under house arrest.
Since April 7, Dinho and his brother Roberto have been staying in a luxurious hotel in the Paraguayan capital. There they arrived after a signed sentence in exchange for a bond of $ 1.6 million.
In an audience with representatives of the Paraguayan Justice, the world champion with Brazil in Korea and Japan 2002 stated that the false passport with which he entered Paraguay was given to him by the Brazilian businessman Wimondes Sousa Liria, who is also detained.
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