Benfica SAD informed this Monday, in a statement sent to the Securities Market Commission (CMVM), that the company and members of the board of directors were accused,
Two days later the club confirmed that it had been «constituted defendant on January 3, as well as, inherently and among others, the members of the board of directors in the 2016-2020 term and currently in office», SAD reports the situation to the CMVM.
«Benfica SAD confirms that, taking into account the information made public on 7 January 2023, the club, as well as, inherently and among others, the members who served on its Board of Directors in the 2016-2020 mandate and who are currently in office, defendants were constituted in the context of a trial that takes place in the secrecy of justice. The Company has expressed its total availability and readiness to collaborate with the competent authorities, as has always happened up to now», reads the statement released today by the Commission.
On Friday, Diário de Notícias said that “at stake will be a process in which crimes resulting from pirated emails in Benfica are investigated and in which other processes, such as ‘voucher’ and ‘bad bye’, have been joined”. Also according to the DN, the defendants are Rui Costa, current president, Domingos Soares Oliveira, Luís Filipe Vieira, José Eduardo Moniz and Nuno Gaioso Ribeiro, all directors, or former directors, of the Benfica company.
