Joorabchian arrested

[Dan]

Sky Sports

 

The purported transfer of Carlos Tevez to Manchester United has taken a fresh twist, with the news that an arrest order has been issued for businessman Kia Joorabchian, the representative responsible for the player's affairs.

 

A federal judge in Brazil has charged Joorabchian, amongst others, with money-laundering and being part of a criminal gang, for the role he played in the relationship between Media Sports Investment (MSI), the company he fronts, and Corinthians, the Brazilian club he first took Tevez to, before bringing him to England.

 

London-based MSI has been under investigation ever since it took over Corinthians back in 2004, with Brazilian intelligence known to have run thorough checks on the company.

 

"The (MSI) transactions are carried out with the use of numerous offshore accounts which have the single and well-known intention of distancing the investor and the illicit origin of the resources from their final destination, in this case the purchase and sale of (football) players," the federal attorneys Silvio Luis Martins de Oliveira and Rodrigo de Grandis are quoted as saying on Brazilian legal website consultor Juridico.

 

The detention of Corinthians president Alberto Dualib has also been ordered, along with that of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, whose money is thought to have bankrolled MSI. Both face similar charges.

 

News of Joorabchian's impending arrest has overshadowed the news, revealed exclusively to Sky Sports News on Thursday, that Tevez would wrap up his move to Manchester United in the next few days.

 

Suspicions of corruption were raised by the failure of money involved in the purchasing of players to be passed through the country, in a chain of events which has manifest accusations of money laundering. Both MSI and Corinthians have reportedly been unable to clarify the origins of the money, which proceeded to lead to the investigation, that has ultimately led to Joorabchian's impending arrest and cast further doubts over Tevez's move to United.

 

Joorabchian has been at the centre of the furore caused by Tevez's switch to West Ham, which concluded at the campaign's end with the Premier League club being fined £5.5million, having been found guilty of third-party ownership.

 

Sheffield United, who feel they should be reinstated to the top flight, at West Ham's expense, have taken the matter to the High Court, but it would appear Joorabchian now has more pressing affairs of his own.

 

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Messy as f*ck this. Hope this doesn't have repurcussions with Mascherano.

[Maldini]

He hasn't been arrested, he's not in Brazil at the moment

[Dan]

Alright, ordered to be arrested.

[allez les rouges]

if his agreements with tevez were made fraudulently, then it means his contract with tevez is unlawful and unenforceable and consequently it would be the same with his agreement with west ham re ownership. Which will pave the way for West ham to decide what happens to tevez as the agent would have no interest in tevez due to the unlawful agreement.

Edited July 13, 2007 by allezlesrouge

[allez les rouges]

regarding mash, was he bought by Joorabchian? or did he always have his rights?

 

if he was bought fraudulently, then the club from whom he bought him could still hold his registration rights!!!!

[McBain]

A good news/bad news kind of thing

[RP]

This is all going to get very very messy - I wonder who will be the first of those involved to end up sleeping with the fishes.

[smithdown]

Berezovsky denies involvement in Tevez affair

 

 

'This is an extension of the Kremlin's politicised campaign against me'

 

 

 

 

 

The Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky today denied having "any dealings connected to Carlos Tevez" or any involvement in money laundering after it was reported in South America that a Brazilian judge had issued warrants for the arrest of Berezovsky and Tevez's representative, Kia Joorabchian.

 

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2125789,00.html

 

OK, I give in. Can someone explain all this from the beginning?

[£440,000]

OK, I give in. Can someone explain all this from the beginning?

 

It's all so convoulted that it wouldn't surprise me if even the people involved have no idea what's going on.

[smithdown]

It's all so convoulted that it wouldn't surprise me if even the people involved have no idea what's going on.

 

 

These kids these days don't know how lucky they are. All we had in the olden days was Clough hanging about in Corley services waiting for a brown paper bag of readies. Now its all Brazilian smugglers and Kremlin hit squads.

 

Magic!

[£440,000]

These kids these days don't know how lucky they are. All we had in the olden days was Clough hanging about in Corley services waiting for a brown paper bag of readies. Now its all Brazilian smugglers and Kremlin hit squads.

 

Magic!

 

The more money that's involved in football, the more unpleasant characters will be attracted to it. We're all going to hell in a handcart!

[Ostrich Man]

[smithdown]

Shouldn't laugh really but the news on the wireless managed to mix up their tapes just now. Whilst reporting the discovery of a possible triple murder in manchester, the clip they played by mistake was "Koorabchian denies any invlovement and will seek to clear his name..."

 

For a second there...

[Eskimo]

They issued an arrest warrant for Berezovsky in Brazil a few years back, feck all happened then and feck all will happen now...to him at least.

[KD07]

Arrest warrants in Brazil are easily rescinded with a deft stepover or two.