Portuguese pirate Roy Pinto returned to the back again after more than a year after being behind bars, the young man associated with "Football Futures Lakes" leaks that revealed corruption in the football world and led to the opening of judicial procedures, where the lawyers of the Portuguese youth announced his release from detention and placed him in House arrest.
Pinto had been arrested in Hungary, and he was extradited to Portugal more than a year ago, in implementation of a European arrest warrant issued by the Portuguese authorities, because his name was linked to leaks of "Football Futures" and the theft of internal emails to the Portuguese club Benfica, and accused the Portuguese public prosecutor, Pinto, who was living in Budapest, By "attempting extreme blackmail, unlawful access and stealing data from some institutions, including the state."
The agency told "Agence France Presse, that the Portuguese youth is obligated to stay at home, in addition to banning his access to the Internet." Pinto had created the leaks website in 2016, and began downloading contracts for players and coaches from the Portuguese Sporting Club and the Maltese branch of the investment fund "Doyan Sports", The controversial player transfer market.
Football leaks have opened judicial proceedings in France, Spain, Belgium and Switzerland, and to this day they are still the most important source of leaks for soccer scenes.
Football leaks revealed the system of tax evasion in the football world, especially in the case of Juventus, the current Italian star Cristiano Ronaldo, when he was defending the colors of Real Madrid.
Pinto's lawyers defend their client, saying that he is "a Portuguese young man who loves soccer, and because of his disgust at well-known practices, he decided to reveal to the world the extent of criminal practices that not only affect football but also cause its image to great harm."