2023-08-31 21:41:09
The former Brazilian soccer player Ronaldinho Gaucho alleged this Thursday before a congressional commission investigating fraud with financial pyramids that his name was misused by two partners accused of a scam and with whom he only had a contract to promote a watch brand.
The ex-striker of clubs like PSG, Barcelona y AC Milan, that he refused to attend on the two previous occasions in which he was summoned to testify by the parliamentary commission and was even threatened with being taken by force by the police, denied all accusations against him in more than two hours of questioning before legislators.
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The Chamber of Deputies commission that investigates fraud with financial pyramids decided to summon the ex-soccer player for questioning because his name and image were used by the owners of the company “18K Ronaldinho” to capture resources from investors who were promised huge interests with the purchase of cryptocurrencies and who ended up defrauding.
The former soccer player told legislators that he signed a contract with the owners of the company “18K Ronaldinho” exclusively to promote a watch brand.
He added that the contract was negotiated by his brother and representative, Roberto de Assis Moreiraand that he was only twice with one of the partners of that company when he was filming a commercial to promote the watches.
“I was a victim”
He affirmed that he never authorized said company to use his name or his image to promote financial businesses or to offer cryptocurrenciesand that he only found out that the partners had been using both inappropriately when The Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation about the scam.
“They used my name without authorization to create another company. I was even heard by the Prosecutor’s Office and by the Police in the witness status for fraud investigations. I was also a victim. I never participated in that company and I never authorized the use of my name or my image,” he said.
When questioned by the instructor of the parliamentary commission, the deputy Ricardo Silvaabout the measures he took when he learned that his name had been used to promote the sale of cryptocurrencies, Ronaldinho admitted that did not report it to the police nor did he file any lawsuit against his partners.
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Despite his denials, Ronaldinho Gaúcho figures as accused in a process opened by hundreds of investors who are asking for compensation of 300 million reais (about 61.5 million dollars) for the losses they suffered for trusting a financial product promoted with the image of the former soccer player.
Despite his alleged intention to clarify the accusations against him, the former Barcelona attacker refused to answer most questions of the legislators protected by a sentence in which the Justice authorized him not to answer questions that could incriminate him.
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