According to an official note published on the club’s website, searches took place this Sunday in Porto Comercial and in the Associates store at the Estádio do Dragão stadium. ABOUT CM You know that searches were also carried out in the house of Sandra Madureira and that the parents of Macaco’s wife were also targeted. The operation is called “Golden Ticket”
There would be a scheme with fictitious FC Porto houses requesting tickets that ended up in the hands of the Super Dragons. Sandra Madureira’s parents will be the coordinators. The Madureira family received about 40 thousand euros per game from the ticketing business.
PSP found 20 thousand euros in cash in Sandra Madureira’s house, as well as 1,000 tickets for the game between Porto and Boavista this Sunday. ABOUT CM You know, there were searches both at home and outside the home, including in cars, in containers used by the Super Dragons, and in restaurants. In total, four thousand tickets for football matches of the Porto football club were confiscated, valued at 44,510 euros.
Even after Operation Praetorian, the Madureira family continued their illegal business. Five generations take part in it: from the great-grandmother to the eldest daughter.
ABOUT CM You know that João Duarte Rocha, the fiance of Catarina Madureira, is also among the victims. ANDThe x-vice president of FC Porto Alipio, Jorge Fernandez, was also the target of the searches.
According to CMFernando Saul, accused of the Praetorian operation, received 193 thousand euros in compensation for leaving FC Porto just three days before the elections that ended the presidency of Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa.
We are talking about illegal ticket sales. This investigation is being carried out in parallel with Operation Praetorian, which involves several employees of the Porto Football Club as well as members of the Super Dragons.
According to CM Several tickets for FC Porto matches have already been seized, including tickets for today’s game and the Portuguese Cup, as well as a very large sum of money. In total, four thousand tickets for football matches of the Porto football club were seized, valued at 44,510 euros. There are 13 accused.
It was FC Porto that was the first to report in a statement about the searches at Porto Comercial and the Associate store at the Estádio do Dragão stadium: “Football Clube do Porto informs that searches are being carried out at one of the group’s subsidiaries, Porto Comercial, and at the Associate store at “Dragau Stadium and from now on undertakes to provide the authorities with any support in their efforts.”
Andre Villas-Boas has previously stated that he would like to investigate Porto Comercial.
Author: Tanya Laranjo, Manuel Jorge Bento This Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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