Football Leaks whistleblower Rui Pinto handed four-year suspended prison term
Rui Pinto, the whistleblower behind the “Football Leaks” revelations of corruption and fraud within the business side of football, has been given a four-year suspended prison sentence by a court in Portugal after he was found guilty of computer hacking charges and attempted extortion. Despite a heavier sentence demanded by prosecutors, Pinto, 34, escaped returning to prison after the court in Lisbon recognised the “public interest” of the information he gained through the hacking, and took into account the regrets he expressed during the three-year trial. Yann Philippin reports.
AA court in Lisbon on Monday handed Rui Pinto, the whistleblower behind the Football Leaks revelations, a four-year suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of illegally accessing data, violation of the privacy of correspondence, and attempted extortion.
