The hacker Rui Pinto was sentenced this Monday to four years in prison, suspended, in the Football Leaks case. The court sentenced the hacker to two years for extortion, one year and three months for illegal access, one year and three months for illegal access to FPF, one year and three months for illegal access to PLMJ and one year and six months for illegal access to GRR . In addition to these crimes, six months are also provided for committing the crime of forging correspondence, six months for violating correspondence with Ines Almeida Costa. Legally, he was sentenced to four years in prison with a suspended sentence.
The hacker’s lawyer, Anibal Pinto, was sentenced to two years in prison with a suspended sentence for the crime. The lawyer, who is not at the meeting, has already responded to the decision CMTV: “I am innocent until the final verdict.”
Hacker’s lawyer satisfied with court decision
Lawyer Rui Pinto said in statements to reporters that both he and his client were satisfied with the court’s decision not to impose an effective prison sentence. Francisco Teixeira da Mota explained that, given the hacker’s “unusual” situation, he was not hoping for an acquittal, but rather an assessment of all the options that were at stake.
“We agree with some parts of the decision. Some yes, some no. Rui Pinto did not expect to be acquitted because he admitted that he had committed illegal acts, but he hoped that the public service he provided would be taken into account. positive result – there will be no effective prison sentence,” said the hacker’s lawyer.
Remember what was said in court
The court “forgave” this Monday 64 crimes related to unauthorized access and 11 crimes related to computer sabotage, thanks to the recent amnesty law. According to the ruling in the Football Leaks case, Ruy Pinto became the main defendant in the case and was accused of 90 crimes: 68 for unauthorized access, 14 for violation of correspondence, six for illegal access (to organizations such as Doyen, Sporting, law firm PLMJ, the General Prosecutor’s Office and the FPF), as well as for the computer sabotage of SAD Sporting and for attempted extortion in the form of the Doyen company, the essential facts were proven.
Rui Pinto secretly infiltrated third-party mailboxes and platforms and created “Football Leaks.” The “hacker’s” admission that it was his idea, albeit carried out by several people, was appreciated by the judge. The charge of attempted extortion against the Doyen company, whose main priority is the football business, was proven..
The judge states that Rui Pinto’s guilt “appears high” and that Anibal should have behaved very differently because he is a lawyer. “Both acted on the ease with which they believed they could obtain large sums of money,” he adds.
Regarding the attacks, Sporting’s witness was relevant. They unanimously admitted that they had never shared their access passwords.
The court also proved an attempt to extort by subpoenaing and exchanging correspondence. Regarding the content of emails, messages and calls, the above communications between the parties involved have been acknowledged.
The messages were very clear about the purpose that preceded the meeting at the Oeiras petrol station on the A5 motorway, the judge said. Thus, the court formed the verdict, including on the basis of the words of the defendants.
None of the direct participants denied their presence at the meeting. After analyzing the descriptions of the participants, the descriptions of Pedro Enriquez and Nelio Lucas (the former president of Doyen, who accuses Rui Pinta of attempted extortion) were confirmed to be authentic.
“There is no doubt that Anibal wanted to collaborate with Ruy Pinto. and what he knew about the plan and the business he wanted to run. Although Anibal stated that he did not want to commit a crime, it is clear that Anibal goes to the meeting fully aware of the plan of Rui Pinto, which he decided to join, representing him as a lawyer,” the judge said.
It was not proven that the “hacker” lived only in the house in question, did not have access passwords, or that he managed to gain access to the Sporting CP email account belonging to Bruno Carvalho and Jorge Jesus. It was also not proven that at the meeting in Oeiras, Anibal Pinto said that Rui had information and that, according to him, the Judicial Police (PJ) was conducting an investigation.
To this list can be added the fact that the official Facebook page was created by Rui Pinto, who worked together to access the information later published in Leaks, and that no published information was received from the DSI, which contacted Anibal on October 8 to listen him for negotiations. , to which Anibal stated that they were impressed and wanted to hire Rui.
It was not proven that the defendant’s interest in Sporting came primarily from Angola, that the PGR passes were described and available to any PGR employee, that Anibal’s meeting place was chosen by the JV or that it was important to the investigation, that Anibal did not interfere with negotiations, spoke with the defendant Nelio and questioned Rui about the effectiveness of the contact, that Nelio said that he wanted to hire him to the Portuguese Football Federation and that Anibal was the one who forced Rui Pinto to abandon the negotiations.
Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
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