Football Leaks: Rui Pinto knows if he will go to trial on January 13 – Portugal

Rui Pinto, creator of Football Leaks, accused of 147 crimes of illegitimate access, violation of correspondence, computer sabotage and extortion attempt, knows on January 13, at 2:00 pm, if he is going to trial.

The date was announced by the criminal investigating judge (JIC) Cláudia Pina of the Criminal Instruction Court (TIC) of Lisbon, after the instruction debate session, an optional phase that aims to decide by a JIC if the process follows and in which molds for trial, required by the defense of the two defendants in the process: Rui Pinto and his lawyer, at the time of the facts, Aníbal Pinto.

On September 19, the Public Ministry (MP) accused Rui Pinto of 147 crimes, 75 of which were illegitimate access, 70 of violation of correspondence, seven of them aggravated, one of computer sabotage and one of extortion attempt, for accessing the systems. information technology from Sporting, the Doyen investment fund, the law firm PLMJ, the Portuguese Football Federation and the Attorney General’s Office, and subsequent disclosure of dozens of confidential documents from these entities.