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Football Leaks: Rui Pinto under house arrest – Football Leaks

Rui Pinto, the hacker behind the Football Leaks’ revelations, has been released from Lisbon prison where he has been in pre-trial detention for just over a year, his lawyers announced on Wednesday. The 31-year-old Portuguese is now “Subject to the obligation to stay at home, combined with the prohibition of access to the Internet, under the responsibility of the judicial police”, according to a press release sent to The team by its French representative, Me William Bourdon.

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Presented by his defenders as a whistleblower, the hacker must be tried for an extortion attempt which would have targeted the investment fund specializing in football Doyen Sports in 2015.

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Rui Pinto’s defense hopes for total freedom

“The defense of Rui Pinto welcomes this decision and hopes that other measures will be taken towards the total freedom of his principal, whose revelations have already greatly contributed to the fight against serious crimes, particularly in the area of ​​economic crime” , can we still read in the joint statement of Rui Pinto’s lawyers.

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The revelations of the “Football Leaks” have led to the opening of legal proceedings in France, Spain, Belgium and Switzerland over some of the most famous clubs in Europe, such as Paris Saint-Germain, and stars including Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo and Tottenham coach José Mourinho.

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In January, Rui Pinto announced that he was behind the “Luanda Leaks”, a new massive document leak involving Isabel dos Santos, the richest woman in Africa and daughter of the former president of Angola.

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