Expresso platform: big games | Red card process. Vieira will not remain silent in front of Carlos Alexandre

On Saturday morning, Judge Carlos Alexandre will hear from Luis Felipe Vieira. The Public Prosecution Office must request pretrial detention

Luis Felipe Vieira, who suspended his duties as Benfica president on Friday, was arrested on Wednesday in the red card operation and has not yet been questioned by Judge Carlos Alexandre at the Central Criminal Court, in Lisbon, as part of the red card operation. .

On Friday, the judge questioned the rest of the defendants in the case: first it was businessman Jose Antonio dos Santos, better known as ‘Rei dos Frangos’, followed by businessman Bruno Macedo, and at the end of the afternoon it was his embodied son’s turn. Leader, Thiago Vieira.

So the questioning of Luis Felipe Vieira must begin on Saturday and the Benfica leader will not remain silent.

According to the Supreme Judicial Council, Vieira’s lawyers told the judge that the defendant had intended to make a statement, “Therefore, after obtaining everyone’s consent, it was decided that the interrogation would take place tomorrow, starting at 9 am.”

Then it will be the role of Prosecutor Rosario Teixeira to expose the position of the Public Prosecution Office, which has previously stated that it intends to request a severe coercive measure, most likely preventive detention, because of the seriousness of the crimes in question, and the risk of escape. or continuing criminal activity or destruction of evidence. In the end, Carlos Alexandre will decide.

Therefore, the four accused will remain overnight in the Lisbon cells of the PSP Metropolitan Command, in Moscavide, for the third night in a row.

They are all suspected of qualifying fraud, aggravated breach of trust, document fraud, money laundering and qualified tax fraud.

In the case, there are allegations of fraud by the embodied leader in business and transactions with the state, Benfica and Novo Banco amounting to more than 100 million euros.

Expresso had access to an arrest warrant for Luis Filipe Vieira, who revealed that Benfica’s president and the companies he controls had devised “fraud schemes” to dissipate the assets of Benfica SAD, Novo Banco and the Portuguese state, “whether subject to tax collection or public financing of the settlement fund and agreement mechanism.” contingent capital.