A Swiss prosecutor sent an email to Rui Pinto in 2018, asking for help to investigate FIFA president Gianni Infantino, in the context of the revelations made on the Football Leaks page.
According to Público, at the time the identity of the person behind all the revelations that were made about the world of football was not known. Therefore, Attorney Damian K. Graf’s email went as follows: “Dear Sir or Madam”.
In that message, potentially incriminating information was requested about the secret meetings between Gianni Infantino and Michael Lauber, the highest figure in the Swiss Public Prosecutor’s Office, to eliminate an investigation into the license of a television rights contract to an offshore company.
We request that you provide us with any documents relevant to the above allegations, particularly any emailss exchanged between Gianni Infantino and Rinaldo Arnold, as well as any emails that mention Rinaldo Arnold”wrote the prosecutor.
Público also reveals that Rui Pinto took about a week to respond. He showed himself to be “totally available” to collaborate, but that this bridge would have to be made through the lawyer.
Dear Damian, I am fully available to cooperate in this criminal investigation, but cooperation has to be through my French lawyer, William Bourdon. Please get in touch with him. Best regards, John.”
“John” was the name that the Portuguese hacker used to hide his identity.
This e-mail has now been added to Rui Pinto’s case in Portugal, in which he is responsible for 90 crimes: 68 of improper access, 14 of violation of correspondence, six of illegitimate access, targeting entities such as Sporting, Doyen, the PLMJ lawyers, the FPF and the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), as well as computer sabotage of Sporting’s SAD and extortion, as attempted. This last crime concerns Doyen and was what also led to the indictment of lawyer Aníbal Pinto.
The creator of Football Leaks has been free since August 7, “due to your collaboration” with the Judiciary Police and its “critical sense”but is, for security reasons, inserted in the witness protection program in an undisclosed location and under police protection.
