CPI das Apostas: senators want to hear Deolane Bezerra and Luiz Henrique, Botafogo and national team player
The work will resume next week with hearings and votes on new statements.
Among the targets of the requests is the lawyer and influencer, who was imprisoned for 19 days and is the target of investigation into money laundering crimes and illegal gambling.
The request for convocation (mandatory presence) was presented by senator Eduardo Girão (Novo-CE). The commission meets next Tuesday (8). The senator also suggested an invitation to the director general of the Federal Police, Andrei Rodrigues, to hear about the work investigating results manipulation.
The president of the CPI, senator Jorge Kajuru (PSB-GO), proposed to summon Darwin Henrique da Silva Filho, CEO of the company Esportes da Sorte, who is also being investigated for involvement in money laundering crimes and the practice of illegal gambling in the same operation that looked at Deolane.
Players
The senator also wants to hear from Luiz Henrique, striker for the Brazilian football team and Botafogo; and Bruno Tolentino, uncle of player Lucas Paquetá, also a national team player and athlete for Westram, a club in England. In justifying the requests, Kajuru reports that, according to a report from the UOL portal, Tolentino had transferred R$40,000 to Luiz Henrique, when the player played for Real Betis (Spain).
According to the English Football Federation (FA), the transfers occurred after the athlete received yellow cards during games for the Spanish club.
Call requirements:
- Deolane Bezerra, businesswoman and digital influencer;
- Darwin Filho, CEO of the company Esportes da Sorte;
- Luiz Henrique, Botafogo striker;
- Bruno Tolentino, uncle of player Lucas Paquetá.
Other requests presented by the CPI rapporteur, Romário (PL-RJ), request the invitation of representatives of bodies and entities:
- André Gelfi, president of the Brazilian Institute of Responsible Gaming (IBJR);
- Representatives of the Brazilian Psychiatric Association (ABP), Brazilian Medical Association (AMB);
- Pathological Gambling Laboratory of the University of São Paulo (USP), the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) and anonymous players;
- André Rolim, recovering ludopath;
- Ailton de Aquino Santos, Director of Supervision at the Central Bank;
- Eliane Aquino Custódio, national secretary of Citizenship Income at the Ministry of Social Development;
- Jorge Filho, president of the Institute for Retail Development (IDV);
- Renato Meirelles, president of the Locomotiva Institute;
- Giovanni Rocco Neto, national secretary of Sports Betting and Economic Development of Sports with the Ministry of Sports;
- Ricardo Liáo, president of the Financial Activities Control Council (Coaf);
- José Tadros, president of the National Confederation of Commerce in Goods, Services and Tourism (CNC);
- Sérgio Pompilio, president of the Advertising Self-Regulation Council (Conar);
- Carlos Baigorri, president of the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel).
Testimonials
The CPI was installed on April 10 and has an operating deadline until February 2025. Next Tuesday, the collegiate will hear athlete businessman William Rogatto, investigated by the Public Ministry of the Federal District and the Federal Police for fraud in the results of Brasilia football championship games.
On the same day, parliamentarians take the testimony of Dayana Nunes, president of Sociedade Esportiva Santa Maria (DF). On Wednesday (9), the CPI will hear Daniel Mostardeiro Cola, general coordinator of the Repression of Corruption, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering at the Federal Police.
