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The creator of Football Leaks began his trial on Friday.
Rui Pinto began to be tried this Friday and after the first session of the trial he wrote a curious tweet on social networks, stating that he was wearing a bulletproof vest.
“The trial started with the highest security measures Portugal has ever seen. I even wore a bulletproof vest. That is what happens when corruption and money laundering are exposed,” he wrote.
The Football Leaks trial began with the main defendant, Rui Pinto, stating before the panel of judges that his “work as a” whistleblower “(whistleblower) has ended” and that he never received money for the disclosure of confidential documents of the world. football and alleged tax evasion plans.
“My work as a ‘whistleblower’ is over. I never received money for what I did. I am not a hacker, I am a whistleblower. I made public a lot of important information, which otherwise would never be known,” said Rui Pinto.
The creator of the electronic platform Football Leaks, who refused to comment on specific facts, expressed “outrage” at what he discovered and was available to “continue collaborating with the authorities”, noting that “important investigations have been initiated” with his complaints.
Rui Pinto, 31, will answer for a total of 90 crimes: 68 of improper access, 14 of violation of correspondence, six of illegitimate access, directed at entities such as Sporting, Doyen, the PLMJ law firm, the Portuguese Football Federation and the Attorney General of the Republic, and also for computer sabotage of the Sporting SAD and for extortion, in the tentative way.
He has been free since August 7, “due to his collaboration” with the Judicial Police (PJ) and his “critical sense”, but for security reasons, he is part of the witness protection program in an undisclosed location. and under police protection.
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