Justice pardons three thousand euros for the fraudster who embezzled Ronaldo’s wealth – Portugal

The decision was made recently by a judge at the Court of São João Novo, in Porto, and approved by the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Only Geostar – the travel agency that the defendant worked for – wanted the woman to be forced to pay the full amount. However, the judge has already extended the period to the maximum of five years allowed to suspend sentences.

“The defendant has not paid the amount specified in the case of suspension, since she did not have the economic conditions to do so. Therefore, since it is not possible to extend the period of suspension and the willful failure to comply with the condition of suspension has not been ascertained and all other conditions for suspension are satisfactorily met, This court has nothing left but to declare the sentence lapsed,” the judge considered the matter.This case took place between 2007 and 2010. The 55-year-old accused worked for the agency, but had a branch in Gestifute, in Porto. It was she who booked flights for many football players, including CR7. He gained access to the player’s credit card and thus earned large sums of money. Other soccer players were also injured.Maria Silva was also ordered in court to pay Geostar another half a million euros, but she is far from being able to do so. I just handed over a property worth 84,000 euros. However, paying this amount did not interfere with the decision to suspend the sentence.
“On analyzing the facts, we immediately found that the amount deducted was about half a million euros, and we do not know what fate the defendant gave her, nor if she still had such values ​​in her availability. It appears that the defendant had an income close to the minimum for wages, and it is difficult for her to collect the money to pay this compensation. The only asset that was found was mortgaged and sold,” reads the order issued by the court of S. João Novo.The travel agent wanted to rise socially, but he was not popular
A report combined with the judicial process concluded that María Silva committed these crimes to move up socially and to have another standard of life. At the cost of scams, she managed, for example, to spend a luxurious vacation in the Algarve with her husband and daughters. In 2008 and 2009, the woman used Ronaldo’s credit card to pay for accommodation the family. He spent 5,300 euros.With the discovery of the scheme, María Silva fell into disgrace. In recent years, women have experienced various financial difficulties. He started cleaning in educational institutions and the latest information shows that he earns around 700 euros. For the rent of the house, where she lives with a partner in Vila Nova de Gaia, the woman pays 300 euros.Also at the family level, the defendant faced several problems, such as the end of her marriage. There was also withdrawal on the part of some family members. Soon after the scheme was discovered, the travel agent also faced psychological problems and had to be hospitalized.
Meanwhile, Geostar has returned the amounts to the affected parties. When heard by the Judicial Police in Porto on 7 June 2011, Cristiano Ronaldo admitted that he had already received compensation and that he had never realized the scheme because he “trusted the integrity of the accused”. The judgment that convicted the defendant shows that the woman chose CR7 as the target because she knew that because of the large balance she had in her bank account, she would not be able to easily detect the leak of the millionaire.

Pay other players’ trips
The fraudster has received payments from other players – such as Costinha, Nani and Simão Sabrosa – in cash or by bank transfer. He would take these amounts and then book flights using Ronaldo’s credit cards. The footballer paid without knowing more than 200 trips.

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without cooperation
During the execution process for attempting to pay compensation, the defendant proved uncooperative, having subsequently changed her position.He says he doesn’t know
Maria’s ex-husband profited from this plan, but told PJ he didn’t know anything. He claimed that he believed the vacation was paid for with his own money.
I stayed in hotels
Maria Silva stayed in 2008 at Grand Real Santa Eulalia Resort, Hotel & Resort Breakfast included. The following year, he vacationed in an apartment in Herdade dos Salgados.Shopping for clothes
The record attached to the case indicates that the defendant purchased clothes and accessories. The woman had a consumption pattern generally associated with a high standard of living.Change the judge
Judge Anisabel Pereira María Silva was convicted in 2017, which in the meantime went to the Guimarães Court of Appeal. But the process was in the hands of Judge Pedro Madureira.

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He was injured in 16 thousand euros
Businessman Jorge Mendes was also heard in the process as a representative of Gestifute. He was also injured due to fraud in 16 thousand euros. The sports agent at the time informed the Judicial Police of Porto that two of his employees had realized that he had been the target of a fraud.

Card renewal
The scam came to light when Ronaldo had to replenish his credit card and transfer the supervision of his account to a bank manager.

honest person
The Judicial Police of Porto listened to several football players and indicated that they had complete confidence in the defendant. In the ruling condemning the agent, the judges said she “used the clients’ naivety, as well as the image of an honest, competent, and serious person, which she sought to refine and project.”