Match-fixing is becoming commonplace in Brazil as three footballers have been handed various punishments after being found guilty of the offence of match-fixing.
Eduardo Bauermann, Brazilian defender of Santos, was sentenced to (only) twelve games of suspension by the Supreme Court of Sports Justice in Rio de Janeiro, as reported by L’Équipe.
He is accused of being involved in match fixing, at the request of the head of a criminal organization, named Bruno Lopez de Moura. Screenshots of quite compromising conversations concerning him had been published on social networks.
Two other players (Gabriel Tota formerly at Ypiranga FC, and Matheus Gomes currently without a club) were banned for life, while Moraes (Associação Atlética Aparecidense) was sentenced to 760 days of suspension from football.
This is not the first case involving match fixing and sports betting in Brazil. The country has set up a special operation “Penalidade Maxima” (Maximum penalty) to combat these practices in Brazilian football.
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