Paqueta
Can't help to not get embarrassed to support West Ham after watching paqueta week in week out. Can't help with the childish stupid behaviour of him saying on the ground all game, how can he come home to his kids after that? He also isn't really that good.
Comments
He was voted MOTM, can't remember your handle's name ever getting that at West Ham
Testimony of Bruno Lopez and connection with Paquetá
The investigated Bruno Lopez de Moura reported to the CPI that he won a combined bet involving Luiz Henrique and Lucas Paquetá, in March 2023. This same game generated an alert in Europe and led to the English Federation's complaint against Paquetá, currently at West Ham.
Bruno Lopez mentioned that he received the information about the bet through Marlon Bruno Nascimento da Silva, who is suspected of recruiting players to fix results. The breach of banking secrecy revealed that Tolentino transferred R$97,000 to Marlon in five transactions.
Paquetá's brother's involvement
The CPI report also mentions Matheus Paquetá, the player's brother. According to testimony, Marlon allegedly told Bruno that the bet involved a “birthday present” for Matheus, a yellow card, on March 12, 2023. Matheus turned 28 on the date of the game under investigation.
Bank records indicate the January and February 2023 transfers took place shortly after Luiz Henrique picked up yellow cards in La Liga. He was cautioned on January 28 against Getafe and again on February 4 against Celta.
Betting CPI report brings new revelations…
PUBLISHED 2 hours ago in February 11, 2025
Nicholas Shores
Whistleblower for Operation Maximum Penalty, Bruno Lopez de Moura told the Public Prosecutor's Office that he had received information that midfielder Lucas Paquetá , planning to force a yellow card in a match for West Ham in the Premier League in 2023, had promised a “birthday present” for his brother, Matheus Paquetá.
The description is included in the final report presented by Senator Romário (PL-RJ) in the CPI on Game Manipulation and Sports Betting , which brings new revelations about the accusations that the Brazilian national team midfielder premeditated actions on the field in collusion with bettors, including his family.
The game for which the promise was made was West Ham 1 x 1 Aston Villa, on March 12, 2023 – the 28th birthday of Paquetá's brother, who received a yellow card 25 minutes into the second half.
One of the three indictment requests in the report is against Bruno Tolentino , Paquetá’s uncle. According to confidentiality breaches obtained by the CPI, Tolentino paid 97,000 reais in five transactions to Marlon Bruno Nascimento da Silva, the contact who informed Moura, the whistleblower for the Maximum Penalty, about the “gift.”
In the conversation with the whistleblower, Marlon also claimed to have knowledge that former Botafogo striker Luiz Henrique , at the time at Real Betis, would receive a yellow card in a Spanish League game on the same day – which in fact happened, in the 44th minute of the second half of the 1-1 draw with Villarreal.
In testimony to the CPI, Bruno Lopez de Moura, the whistleblower for Penalidade Máxima, stated that he used the information provided by Marlon to place bets on both games.
The inquiry committee's report also reveals proof of a Pix transfer of 30,000 reais from Paquetá's uncle to Luiz Henrique on February 6, 2023, which is suspected of being a payment for manipulations agreed upon at the time.
Paquetá is being investigated by the English Football Association (FA) and is due to stand trial in March. Luiz Henrique was sold earlier this year by Botafogo to Zenit in Russia for more than 30 million euros.
The numbers don't make any sense, he could literally throw his brother that money out of his normal debit account.
How much is the brother supposed to have won in this dodgy deal?
If the uncle could pay an amount to a 'match fixer' equivalent to approximately £14 000, why didn't he just give that to the nephew. And what was he paying it for... For the march fixer to get Paqueta to pick up that yellow card?
Why didn't the uncle just ask him direct and save the dosh?
Obviously I don't have a criminal mind because I can't see who benefits. And like others have said, Paqueta could afford to give that to his brother without missing it. Why risk getting involved in a potential criminal ring (where there are third parties who can't be trusted to keep schtum).
Stupidity is one explanation, I suppose.
But still, a bit baffling.
I guess his only hope is that there is no communication evidence directly leading to him as that is his only slim chance of getting away with it. I suspect however that will pretty much be his career ended and we will litigate against him for the financial loss we will incur. It would be such a sad and sorry outcome for him, the club and football.
So rather than getting away with it, he's not been found guilty of something that has been alleged against him.
Are we all to be assumed guilty, now, unless we can prove we didn't do it???
Only ones getting rich are the lawyers.
Paqueta could have easily been involved by his family verbally liaising with him thereby seemingly not leaving any evidence. What there might be though is enough circumstantial evidence to implicate him to satisfy FIFA and FA criteria especially his getting booked in the games specifically bet on.
It seems to me that this started out as a family affair but snowballed with many others involved.
Paqueta isn't being charged either.
Paqueta was supposed to give evidence in December, first he was told he would have to go to Brazil, then was told he could do it via a video link then was told he wouldn't have to give evidence after all
So the bloke behind the scheme has been given a deal in exchange for his testimony and they don't want to hear from the bloke who supposedly did the cheating
Sounds a bit dodgy...
I don't think many people in this world are of the view O.J.Simpson didn't actually do it, but he is not guilty of it.
That means that a LOT of money was placed on these very specific bets where the outcome was known to be 100% assured by the action of the player,
if the bet was on a score or result, it is beyond the ability of any single player to guarantee the desired outcome, but on something so specific that a player, or players will receive a yellow card……..that can only be guaranteed if the players are in on it.
I cannot see how Paqueta was innocent of the scheme, he may have been unaware of the scale and thought it was just a small thing involving a couple of family members and mates, and he may have thought that it was no big deal - I think he has since found out that it is a big deal and how monumentally stupid it was to have gone along with it